How to Grow a Child: A Child's Advice to Parents - Softcover

Percy, Bernard; Arthur, Ann; Jackson, Linden; Johnson, Lori; Kornegay, Crystal; Wallace, Beth; Wright, Reggie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888045248 ISBN 13: 9781888045246

Publisher: Action Pub, 2009

Synopsis

"How to Grow a Child" reflects on the 34-year friendship between a teacher and his students, and the student's words of advice that shaped all their lives. Parents who listen to their insight will discover happier, more respectful and more cooperative children as their own relationships improves. In 1974, at the start of fifth grade at PS289 in Brooklyn, NY, Ann Arthur informed her teacher, Bernard Percy, that she had "been working on a manuscript" during the summer. That manuscript, along with the contributions of five other talented students and an introduction by Bernard became "How to Grow a Child." Bernard, Ann, Lori and Linden are still friends. All became parents in their own right. Together they reflect on the power of the teacher-student relationship and the influence their own "advice to parents" had on themselves as children and parents. Their original message-now published with their comments and questionnaires developed to help parents understand their children's viewpoint-is as fresh, vital and moving as the day Ann planted the first seed.

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This new edition of a modest book by six young inner-city students 30 years ago under the tutelage of Percy, an educator, author and lecturer who was then their teacher, expresses the philosophy that children should be respected and valued. Heartwarming and poignant, the book includes a number of entries that reveal the students' yearning to be understood and treated with kindness. Ann Arthur, who first approached Percy with her writing when she was 10 years old, contributes an introductory essay from her current perspective as a parent and pediatric ophthalmologist. Born to West Indian immigrants struggling to raise seven children, Arthur explains how she was inspired and motivated by Percy's encouragement and trust; she also makes some astute observations about parenthood. Even as children, these writers knew that parenting requires a great amount of responsibility, love and patience. This slender edition, accompanied by b&w photos, breathes new life into their poetry and prose. Included are survey questions created by Percy that readers can use to help evaluate and enrich their relationships with their children. (May)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Action Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1888045248
• ISBN 13: 9781888045246
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 139