Love to the Little Ones

Love to the Little Ones by Louisa Lane-Fox

Parents today tend to believe that they face more problems in bringing up their children than ever before. They are certainly offered more advice -- from professional childcare experts, from other parents, and from the government. This anthology shows how mothers and fathers themselves have thought about and written to their children over the last 800 years, using examples from letters, diaries, and books of advice. The book is divided into five phases of a parent's life: pregnancy through infancy; childhood; adolescence; adulthood; and death. Readers find that the fundamental feelings of parents now and parents then seem to be unchanged. Their affections, their anxieties, their hopes, their difficulties, and their grief transcend time. The book also highlights the dramatic differences between then and now. Letters and diaries include the predicament of a mother trying to mediate between her son and his father, 400 years ago, and an 18th-century father who advises his friend to read to his pregnant wife every night.

A celebration of parenthoodA delightful snapshot of parents through the ages; a glimpse through history of parental love and care. Oxford Times A charming anthology, shot through with seriousness that makes it more than just a stocking filler. Spectator

Louisa Lane Fox was co-founder of the Last Word Lunchtime Lectures. Her husband is the architectural critic and landscape designer Charles Jencks. She is a mother, stepmother and grandmother.

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ISBN 13	9780711229402
ISBN 10	0711229406
Titel	Love to the Little Ones
Autor	Louisa Lane-Fox
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Quarto Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2009-09-17
Seitenanzahl	304
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.