You Can Postpone Anything But Love
Expanding Our Potential As Parents
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
Pioneers and advocates for natural living and postmodern spirituality, Randy Rolfe and her husband John Rolfe applied these convictions to joyfully raising their son and daughter. When friends asked what their secret was, Randy decided to write You Can Postpone Anything But Love. “For parents who would like to raise good kids – a thoughtful book that covers a great deal,” said Washington Post Book World. “Solid, inspirational self-help for parents from a spiritual perspective not found in most parenting books,” said Publishers Weekly. In You Can Postpone Anything But Love, you are invited first to explore twelve operating principles which help define the parent-child relationship, no matter what your parenting style, such as spirituality, trust, validation, and guidance. Then you see how, through examples, sample dialogues, personal stories, case histories, and meditations, these principles work in twenty-one of the most common family situations, such as eating, shopping, exploring sex, and communicating. The author is known for her down-to-earth and respectful style, as if talking with you parent to parent in your living room. A book to treasure by your bedside.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The basis of Rolfe's inspirational self-help for parents are 12 "operating principles'' designed to allow parents to say and do ``the most appropriate thing'' even when they are worried, impatient or angry. These techniques are predicated on the belief that parents should teach children through daily interaction and example, not through lists of rules. Certainly a solid premise, yet a number of the principles as described are so abstract as to remain unclear, even when Rolfe applies them to everyday activities (sleeping, eating, dressing, playing) and common examples of parent-child interaction. Among the principles are spirituality, love, validation, guidance and receptivity. Writing from a spiritual perspective not found in most parenting books, Rolfe offers worthwhile tips on helping children develop positive self-images. October