Growing Up with Your Children

7 Turning Points in the Lives of Parents

By (author) Seamus Carey

Hardback - £48.00

Publication date:

16 December 2009

Length of book:

176 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442200968

Most books aimed at parents focus on the development of children. Yet, good parenting requires the healthy and ongoing personal development of parents along with an adult sense of fulfillment. Growing Up with Your Children: 7 Turning Points in the Lives of Parents offers insight into the turning points that parents go through in the process of their own personal development in the context of family life. By combining engaging short stories from the everyday lives of families with philosophical wisdom passed down from the best thinkers throughout history, Carey offers unique perspectives on overcoming the stubborn obstacles parents face in achieving personal growth. In working through these seven turning points, parents can effectively guide their children while finding joy and fulfillment in their own lives.
In this pensive and leisurely paced work, philosophy professor Carey identifies seven major junctures that can lead parents to wisdom, maturity, and grace (e.g., advocacy, guilt, gratitude) . . . Carey is a solid storyteller, beginning each chapter with a parenting scenario that features rich character development and good pacing . . . A lovely book to be savored and returned to; ideal for academically bent parents.