Offers fresh perspectives to the task of parenting. Contains 32 activities to guide the person who care for and nurture children to attain parenting effectiveness.
Title: Your Greatest Gift for Your
Greatest Love
A guidebook for people who care for
and nurture children
Author: Earnest L. Tan
Foreword by: Caroline S. De Leon and Francis O. Gustilo, SDB
Published by: Spiritus Works Publication, Quezon City, Philippines. 2000, 1st edition; 2003, 2nd printing
No. of pages: 236
Book size in inches: 7.5 x 9
Category: Psychology/Education/Self-help
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment
Foreword
Introduction
About the Guidebook
Chapter 1: To Be or Not
To Be? (Parenting is a role & a choice)
Activities A-C
Putting it together
Chapter 2: Beneath the Hat (The person of the parent)
Activities A-C
Putting it together
Chapter 3: The Bow that
Sends Forth the Arrow
(The goal of parenting)
Activities A-C
Putting it together
Chapter 4: The First Gift:
Nurturing A "Home"
Within (Forming a positive & healthy sense of self-worth)
Activities A-E
Putting it together
Chapter 5: The Second
Gift: Laying the
Foundation for Intimacy
& Loving (Cultivating a healthy sense of sexuality)
Activities A-E
Putting it together
Chapter 6: The Third Gift:
Finding Strength Amidst
Adversities (Teaching effective coping skills in life)
Activities A-E
Putting it together
Chapter 7: The Fourth
Gift: Instilling Goodness
& Integrity
(Building Character)
Activities A-E
Putting it together
Chapter 8: Living
Together, Growing
Together (Parenting is a collaborative effort & shared-responsibility)
Activities A-E
Putting it together
Chapter 9: Heeding the
Call of Ministering to
Parents
(for the facilitator)
A. Understanding the
material & its usage
B. Basic guidelines for the
facilitator
C. Proposed program
format & schedule
D. Suggested supplementary
readings & references
Conclusion
Bibliography
Description
Towards A Highly Discerned & Enlightened Parenting!
This book addresses the need of people who choose to care for and nurture children. It offers both fresh perspectives to the task of parenting children and 32 activities from which parenting success and effectiveness could be attained. As a guidebook, it builds on these basic premises:
One, parenting is a role and a choice.
Two, the person of the parent is a key factor in effective parenting.
Three, the goal of parenting is something a parent must carefully reflect on.
Four, a parent must form a child's positive and healthy self-worth.
Fifth, a parent must cultivate in the child a healthy sense of sexuality.
Sixth, a parent must teach effective coping skills to the child.
Seventh, a parent must build the child's character.
Eighth, parenting should be a collaborative effort and shared responsibility.
Ninth, a parent needs to be ministered to.
Designed for all who have opted to make loving and caring their prime business, this guidebook illustrates parent-child relationship in the Filipino family setting and provides practical guidelines on parenting that are based on unconditional love and affirmation of the child's inherent worth. Drawing from his vast experience on counseling and facilitating seminars and workshops, the author tackles vital issues such as self-esteem, a healthy sense of sexuality, coping skills, emotional intelligence, building character, discipline styles and conflict resolution.-- foreword, Prof. de Leon
Quotations
"If we follow the analogy of hats to equate with the varied roles we play in life, then it follows that underneath all the hats we wear is our person. Our personhood will largely determine the manner and quality by which we will give life and shape to the roles we embrace."
"From the mouth of babes, we learn that if spanking is the expression of love, then it might as well be best that we don't love them. Love, of course, may include discipline, although spanking hardly reflects the true essence of it. But, fundamentally, love involves more of having genuine concern for the child, respecting their feelings and attending to their needs."