{"product_id":"achtung-baby-the-german-art-of-raising-selfreliant-children-9780349418551","title":"Achtung Baby The German Art of Raising","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining, enlightening look at the art of raising self-reliant, independent children based on one Mum''s experiences in Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eWarm and companionable . . . I closed \u003ci\u003eAchtung Baby\u003c\/i\u003e feeling more relaxed and confident. While both my kids were up a tree.'' - Helen Brown, Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she was surprised to discover that German parents give their children a great deal of freedom. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives and even play with fire. German parents did not share her parental fears and their children were thriving. Was she doing the opposite of what she intended, which was to raise capable children? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her own family''s often funny experiences as well as interviews with other parents, teachers, and experts, Zaske shares the many unexpected parenting lessons she learned from living in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part an essay on parenting, Zaske's book is furnished with ample statistics and research . . . Zaske is equally perceptive when probing delicate and complicated topics -- Fani Papageorgiou * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eZaske details her experience mothering in Germany to present a portrait of German-style parenting that is at once entertaining, surprising, and instructive. With curiosity and insight, she reveals how many of our parenting assumptions stem not from evidence but from insecurity and fear\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e -- Kim Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Houseguest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of Salon.com\u003cbr\u003eI was completely drawn into this marvelous account of how Zaske learned to trust her children and allow them the freedoms they craved.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIt is the story of one family and, at the same time, of childrens' and parents' lives in two huge modern nations. I recommend it to all American parents, educators, policy makers, and others concerned with children's lives and the future of our society -- Peter Gray, author of \u003ci\u003eFree to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a beautiful book. Zaske uses her personal experience raising her children in Berlin to reveal the differences - fundamental and trivial, serious and humorous - between German and American parenting, finding lessons in the ways Germans rear their children from birth to adolescence. Zaske probes our cultural differences and mines the hard data to offer us her pungent observations. Her insights deserve our attention -- Robert LeVine, author of \u003ci\u003eDo Parents Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStep aside \u003ci\u003eFrench Children Don't Throw Food \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTiger-Mothering . . . \u003c\/i\u003eBlending her own family's often funny experiences\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewith interviews with other parents, teachers and experts, Zaske shares some\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunexpected European parenting lessons * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eSupported by statistics and research studies, Zaske makes a strong argument that German parenting practices are creating smarter and more productive parents and children alike * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining, informative, and enlightening narrative on the German methods of parenting * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eWarm and companionable . . . I closed [\u003ci\u003eAchtung Baby\u003c\/i\u003e] feeling more relaxed and confident. While both my kids were up a tree -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eZaske details her experience mothering in Germany to present a portrait of German-style parenting that is at once entertaining, surprising, and instructive. With curiosity and insight, she reveals how many of our parenting assumptions stem not from evidence but from insecurity and fear -- Kim Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Houseguest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor, \u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was completely drawn into this marvelous account of how Zaske learned to trust her children and allow them the freedoms they craved. It is the story of one family and, at the same time, of childrens' and parents' lives in two huge modern nations. I recommend it to all American parents, educators, policy makers, and others concerned with children's lives and the future of our society -- Peter Gray, author of \u003ci\u003eFree to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a beautiful book. Zaske uses her personal experience raising her children in Berlin to reveal the differences - fundamental and trivial, serious and humorous - between German and American parenting, finding lessons in the ways Germans rear their children from birth to adolescence. Zaske probes our cultural differences and mines the hard data to offer us her pungent observations. Her insights deserve our attention -- Robert LeVine, author of \u003ci\u003eDo Parents Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStep aside French \u003ci\u003eChildren Don't Throw Food \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTiger-Mothering . . . \u003c\/i\u003eBlending her own family's often funny experiences\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewith interviews with other parents, teachers and experts, Zaske shares some\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eunexpected European parenting lessons.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eSupported by statistics and research studies, Zaske makes a strong argument that German parenting practices are creating smarter and more productive parents and children alike * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining, informative, and enlightening narrative on the German methods of parenting * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eWarm and companionable . . . I closed [\u003ci\u003eAchtung Baby\u003c\/i\u003e] feeling more relaxed and confident. While both my kids were up a tree. -- Helen Brown * Daily Mail *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733670965591,"sku":"9780349418551","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/achtung-baby-the-german-art-of-raising-selfreliant-children-9780349418551","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}