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Zaske, Sara.
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Parenting -- Germany.
Parenting -- United States.
Self-reliance in children.
Parent and child.
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Zaske, Sara.
Parenting -- Germany.
Parenting -- United States.
Self-reliance in children.
Parent and child.
MARC Display
Achtung baby : an
American
mom
on the
German
art
of
raising
self-reliant
children
/ Sara Zaske.
by
Zaske, Sara.
Picador, 2018.
Call #:
306.874 Z38a
Subjects
Parenting -- Germany.
Parenting -- United States.
Self-reliance in
children
.
Parent and child.
ISBN:
9781250160171 (hc.)
Alternate title:
American
mom
on the
German
art
of
raising
self-reliant
children
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
ix, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
Contents:
Introduction Modern Germany. Beyond the stereotype ; A short historical update ; The culture of control ; Why
German
parenting matters -- 1. Leaving America. A cold arrival ; Everything in order -- 2. Berlin babies. Where midwives rule ; The
American
disadvantage ; A Berlin birth -- 3. Attachment problems.
German
parents and attachment theory ; Independent infants ; Mother knows best? -- 4. Small
children
, small worries (Kleine Kinder, kleine Sorgen). The kindergarten east-west legacy ; Early kita skills ; Quality of care ; Child-care benefits -- 5. The democratic kindergarten. Faster or better learning ;
Children
in charge ; Discipline ; Kita trips ; Teaching kita skills in the United States -- 6. Starting school. Play school ; Educational priorities ; Homework, food, and protest -- 7. No bad weather. America inside ; Germans and free nature ; Taking away the toys -- 8. The freedom to move. Why
German
children
walk alone ; Freedom to play -- 9. Dangerous things. The
art
of fire ; Tools ; Adventure play ; Necessary dangers ; A celebration of fear -- 10. Tough subjects. Death ; Religion -- 11. Facing the past. The history of memory ; Historic crimes and responsibility -- 12. Big kids, big worries (Grosse Kinder, grosse Sorgen). The space to be young ; An extra-long adolescence ; The academic question ; Achieving adulthood -- 13. Coming back to America. Starting
American
school ; Fourth-grade blues ; Freedom for kids in the land of the free -- Epilogue
German
lessons. The rights of
children
; Freedom of ideas.
Summary:
"When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She was surprised to discover that
German
parents give their
children
a great deal of freedom--much more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives, and even play with fire.
German
parents did not share her fears, and their
children
were thriving. Was she doing the opposite of what she intended, which was to raise capable
children
? Why was parenting culture so different in the States? Through her own family's often funny experiences as well as interviews with other parents, teachers, and experts, Zaske shares the many unexpected parenting lessons she learned from living in Germany. Achtung Baby reveals that today's Germans know something that
American
parents don't (or have perhaps forgotten) about
raising
kids with 'selbstandigkeit' (self-reliance), and provides practical examples
American
parents can use to give their own
children
the freedom they need to grow into responsible, independent adults." --From publisher.
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