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推荐一本书,“Parenting with Fire”

(2014-08-13 07:13:38) 下一个
邻居妈妈大力推荐,借我这本书,“Parenting with Fire”。

http://www.amazon.com/Parenting-With-Fire-Lighting-Inspiration/dp/0451219775

作者Shmuley Boteach是位犹太rabbi,好像还挺有名的,做一个关怀家庭的电视节目,是位资深老爸--有九个孩子!

文笔很生动流畅,而且平实,down to earth,读起来很快。我两天就读完了,喜欢!

Boteach开篇就说,现今美国的家庭问题最主要是缺少passion,inspiration,小朋友被现代文化污染,太早失去他们的innocence,变得世故而冷漠。“All around me, I see a generation of broken men, married to lonely women, raising insecure children."

要改变这些,Boteach给父母一套可以运用的提纲,简称PLANT-Protection, Love, Activity, Novelty, Tradition.

Boteach说,“We must not simply police our children, we must inspire them. ”  父母是孩子们的榜样,are you the best version of yourself?你的生活充满了乐趣和热情,积极,有意义?还是你每天都得过且过,甚至怨天尤人?身教胜于言教,“Living a glorious and meaningful life is the best inspiration we can give our children.”

Boteach列出PLANT每一项的具体应用细节。他管教的方式在大部分人眼里可能太严厉了,我也不是100%赞同,不过多数还蛮让我信服。

Protection:Boteach强调这是父母最大的责任。他拒绝所有的trash magazines and trash culture,周日绝对不让看电视。而且他对于孩子的朋友都要scrutinize,请他们来家里,认识他们和他们的父母。“Incorporate your children's' friendships into your family life instead of letting them take place away from it. "

Love: 这一部分是老生常谈了。“Our children should want to achieve because they already have our unconditional love, not in order to earn it.”说到爱孩子的方法,最重要的莫过于和孩子相处,和孩子同乐。

Activity:“It is essential for us to come up with--and participate in--wholesome and enjoyable activities for our children." 不要outsource,把孩子们的课后活动排满满的;相反,限制他们的课后活动,以免影响家庭生活。要一家人同乐,一起玩。玩什么呢?"What better way to inspire your kids than to give them the gift of your own passions?" 这点倒是和我写“和孩子们分享我的心爱”不谋而合,已经写了13篇了。(其实还有很多没写,像老公和小朋友玩board games。)

Novelty:Hold on to the natural sense of wonder, see the miracles in nature, and the magic in the seemingly mundane. Boteach最反对去mall里头逛街买东西,那根本就是教小朋友"novelty comes through acquisition"。

Tradition: Tradition gives children an identity, 因为传统给了我们人生意义和理想,好像“为天地立心,为生民立命,为往圣继绝学,为万世开太平"。让孩子们瞬间了解自己是传统的继承人,他们的责任感使命感立刻升华,他们觉得自己很重要。When our children feel connected to something larger than themselves they understand that what they do really matters.

读完后,我也思考,我的passions是什么呢?我喜欢的很多,不过看来看去,都是玩玩玩。除了这些,还有文化上,信仰上的传统,作为中国人,作为基督徒,还有很多很多可以跟他们分享,想教给他们呢。我再想想。

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