How Not Raise a Perfect Child - Couverture souple

Purves, Libby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006375987 ISBN 13 : 9780006375982

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Written by the author of, and in the same style as, "How Not to be a Perfect Mother" this book looks at the age range of three to eight years old. The author examines the practical aspects of child development and probable experiences in a humorous manner to demonstrate that all parents experience the same feelings of wonderment at their child's progress and development. The problems of playgroup days, school beginnings, corrosive mum competitiveness, impossible questions, rude words and early friendships are just some of the experiences cited.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A perfect child:

* Dresses neatly and practises the violin before breakfast

* Comes top of the class and is captain of everything

* Is unfailingly obedient and sweet-tempered

* Is a perfect credit to its perfect mother

A real child:

* Prefers shoelaces undone and mismatched socks

* Shouts 'Bum!' at Granny

* Turns breakfast and bedtime into a battleground

* Is the normal offspring of imperfect parents

With affectionate lack of illusion and a refreshing honesty about her own shortcomings, Libby Purves examines the pleasures and pitfalls of raising children from three to eight years old. Playgroup, starting school, rude words, pets - all these topics are tackled with frank good humour and down-to-earth advice.

Best of all is her reassuring reminder that there is no such thing as a perfect child.

Revue de presse

Praise for More Lives Than One:

'An idiosyncratic blend of her journalistic voice ... With the skills of a writer who understands the proper balance in a novel between issue and narrative. ... This is her best novel ... [and] will find an answering echo in many readers'

(Elizabeth Buchan, The Times)

All the compassion characteristic of her writing in her previous novels and columns. ... This is a humane and perceptive novel (Woman & Home)

A good story, crisply and lightly told, that touches on many of teaching's current preoccupations and dilemmas and that grows in depth as it unfolds (The Times Educational Supplement)

The kind of book that you race to finish and then think about for a long time afterwards (The Lady)

Libby Purves' prose is clean, sharp and in touch with things that matter (Daily Express)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006375987
• ISBN 13: 9780006375982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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