Research Catalog

Title

How to be a Jewish parent : a practical handbook for family life / Anita Diamond with Karen Kushner.

Author

Diamant, Anita

Publication

New York : Schocken Books, 2000.

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Additional Authors

Kushner, Karen, 1946-

Description

291 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Author Diamant joins with family therapist Kushner draw from many sources to describe the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home. They share their own and other parents' stories and observations, combine insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary developmental thinking about how children learn and grow, give creative, practical answers to many questions, provide guidance on how to foster Jewish decision making for children of all ages, describe how to make your home a "Jewish space," and explain the importance of synagogue membership, holiday celebrations, community service, and other family activities.

Subject

• Child rearing > Judaism
• Parenting > Judaism
• Jewish families > Religious life > United States
• Jewish religious education > Home training

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I: Parents as teachers. Values and goals ; Creating a Jewish space ; Making community ; Defining Jewish time ; Conflict -- Part II: Ages and stages. Birth to age four : the foundation of a Jewish self ; Ages five to ten : teaching values, getting to mensch ; Ages eleven to fourteen : fitting in, coming of age ; Ages fifteen to eighteen : learning to make Jewish choices -- Part III: Modern life. Special-needs families ; Adoptive families ; Talking to children about death -- Appendix: Writing a will.

ISBN

0805241701

OCLC

43615498

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library