Radical Parenting brings together the revolutionary ideas in psychotherapist Brad Blanton's other books - Radical Honesty, Practicing Radical Honesty, and Honest to God (with Neale Donald Walsch). The honesty and openness of the author himself about his own children is combined with the wisdom gleaned from years of work with people suffering from how they were raised.
This book does no less than create an entirely new blueprint for parenting. It's for people who really want to transcend the limitations of the family and culture in which they were raised. It is based on decades of work with thousands of individuals and families, as well as the most recent scientific research on brain physiology, biochemistry, cognitive theory, evolutionary theory, cultural anthropology, and psychological growth and development. The goal of this book is to show parents how to parent consciously, so they can prevent crippling their children in the same ways they were crippled in their own families and schools. It goes into intricate detail about how human minds get built, how they function, and how they malfunction. It gives practical examples of what to attend to with children from the beginning of their life, and how to be with them as they grow. And it rants eloquently against the cultural limitations that make us blind to how we re-create suffering, so we can nurture our children in a way that allows them to remain playful and curious all the way into adulthood.
Author(s): Brad Blanton
Publisher: The Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 312
City: Charlottesville, VA
Tags: Parenting, Radical Honesty, Unschooling, Positive Parenting, Homeschooling, Attachment Parenting
Table of Contents
Title Page
A u t h o r ' s P r e f a c e: WHO I AM AND WHY I AM WRITING THIS BOOK
I n t r o d u c t i o n: HUMAN BEINGS, THE DEPRIVATION-BASED SPECIES: THE SOCIOBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
STEP ONE: COMPLETING WHAT HAS BEEN INCOMPLETE IN YOUR LIFE
Chapter 1: THROW OUT THE BATHWATER, KEEP THE BABY
Chapter 2: COMPLETING WHAT HAS BEEN INCOMPLETE
Chapter 3: FORGIVENESS
Chapter 4: COMPLETING YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD FOR THE SAKE Of YOUR OWN CHILDREN
STEP II: FORGIVING YOUR CULTURE
Chapter 5: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
Chapter 6: THE EVOLUTION OF PARENTING IN MODERN TIMES
STEP III: GAINING A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON BEING A HUMAN BEING THAT TRANSCENDS YOUR CULTURE
Chapter 7: TRANSCENDING AMERICAN CULTURAL VALUES—THE CURRENT STANDARD FOR THE WORLD
Chapter 8: WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY AND FREE? FALLING IN LOVE, FALLING OUT OF LOVE, FALLING BACK IN LOVE
Chapter 9: NOTHING TO TRULY BELIEVE IN
Chapter 10: MORALISM
Chapter 11: IN PRAISE OF THE OLD PARADIGM
STEP IV: COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE BRAIN AND THE MIND WORK
Chapter 12: THE MORAL ALTERNATIVE TO MORALISM
Chapter 13: THE FAMILY BED—A LIMBIC SERVICE STATION
Chapter 14: WHAT IS A MIND AND HOW CAN YOU CLEAR IT?
Chapter 15: THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONTINUUM OF LEARNING
Chapter 16: DEVELOPING SKILLFULNESS IN NOTICING
STEP V: RAISING CREATORS IS EASY, GIVEN THAT CHILDREN ALREADY ARE CREATORS
Chapter 17: LEARNING TO TOLERATE JOY
Chapter 18: THE ALTERNATIVE TO PREPARING AND REPAIRING,
Chapter 19: WHO WE ARE IS NOT HOW WELL WE PERFORM
Chapter 20: WHAT NOT TO DO: TRYING TO TEACH TOO MUCH TOO SOON
STEP VI: GETTING GOOD AT THE ONGOING VISION AND RE-VISION OF WHAT COULD BE
Chapter 21: ILLUSIONS CAN BE OUR FRIENDS IF WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT REAL
Chapter 22: THE VISION OF A NEW KIND OF CHILDHOOD FOR HUMAN BEINGS
STEP VII: THE INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION Of WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OUTGROWING OUR CULTURE
Chapter 23: THE FIRST TRUTH, THE TRUTH OF THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING
Chapter 24: SUMMARY – THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE
A p p e n d i x: TWELVE RULES OF THUMB
B i b l i o g r a p h y: RADICAL PARENTING PARTIAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PROCLAMATION FOR TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN
