Abstract:
What do you do if your daughter lives with your ex-husband— a thousand miles away? How does a single, working mother respond to the special challenges of raising kids? How can a father unload the emotional baggage he brings to the task of parenting? What happens when parents are from totally different cultures?
Questions like these are addressed in Parents on Parenting, a collection of essays written by adults who earned college level credit for thinking through what they learned about parenting by being parents. Using David Kolb's model of experiential learning, they translated concrete experiences into abstract concepts, concepts which could then be applied to new situations. The result is fresh and thoughtful insights into the issues confronting today's changing families.
Description:
Contributors:
Eldon Abraham from Clarkston, Michigan
Evelyn Bacon from Jackson, Michigan
Fred and Linda Browning from Columbia, Tennessee
Jonas Castro from Holt, Michigan
Cherry Joseph from Flint, Michigan
Linda Haas from Seattle, Washington
Janies Lowe from Toledo, Ohio
Stephanie McLaurine-Hughes from Lansing, Michigan
Barb Oliver from Jackson, Michigan
Floyd Ramseyer from Fostoria, Michigan
Raymond Slumpfffrom Belleville, Michigan
Gregory Rodriguez from Burton, Michigan
Vivian Rogers from Livonia, Michigan
Linda Smith from Wixom, Michigan
Jean Taylor from Dearborn, Michigan
plus those that asked to remain anonymous