Synopses & Reviews
Born in Poland in 1878, educator, physician, and legendary child advocate Janusz Korczak believed that simply understanding children is the key to being able to take care of them. Its a basic premise too often overlooked.
This collection of one hundred quotations and passages from Korczaks writings provides valuable advice on how to take care of, respect, and love every child.
In an inviting gift-book format, this is a heartfelt and helpful reminder of who we were as children and who we might become as parents.
Review
“Korczak’s words resonate across the years and have amazing modern-day relevance.”—Jim Harding, director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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"While this volume of selections may seem slim, Korczak's insights are profound....Are you frustrated by something your child's done? Try seeing that child as a 'foreigner who does not speak our language...ignorant of our laws and customs...Treat his ignorance with respect.' In this perfect inspirational gift book, Korczak reminds readers that children are basically honest, so if they don't answer our questions, that's basically an answer; rather than lie, they're choosing silence.'"
—Publishers Weekly starred review
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“A work of rare depth and beauty. Thank you for making available the words of a true giant of insight and compassion.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth
Synopsis
Born in 1878 in Poland, Janusz Korczak was a doctor, broadcaster, philosopher, and fighter for the rights of the child. A visionary and an activist, he spoke of the need for a Declaration of Children’s Rights long before one was adopted by the League of Nations in 1924.
How to Love a Childmakes Korczak’s philosophy available in the United States for the first time. This collection of 150 quotations illuminates the lives of children.As relevant and true as if it had been written today, its simple, basic premise is that understanding our children is the key to being able to take care of them, respect them, and love them.Korczak held strong convictions: A child hungry for advice and direction will absorb it, digest it and assimilate it. Overfed with moral rules the child will suffer from nausea; offered expert advice: If a child trusts you with her secret, be grateful. For her confidence is the highest prize;and was a candid observer of human nature:Adults are unfair. When they’re in a good mood then everything is allowed, but when they’re cross, every little thing disturbs them.
We hope Korczak’s wisdom, presented in gift-book format, will inspire yet another generation of mothers, fathers, and teachers.
Synopsis
"Korczak's words resonate across the years and have amazing modern-day relevance."--Jim Harding, director of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Born in Poland in 1878, educator, physician, and legendary child advocate Janusz Korczak believed that simply understanding children is the key to being able to take care of them. It's a basic premise too often overlooked.
This collection of one hundred quotations and passages from Korczak's writings provides valuable advice on how to take care of, respect, and love every child.
In an inviting gift-book format, this is a heartfelt and helpful reminder of who we were as children and who we might become as parents.
About the Author
Janusz KorczakK wrote the classic children’s book King Matt the First and many nonfiction works. To mark the centennial of Korczak’s birth, the United Nations declared 1979 the International Year of the Child and dedicated it to him. Korczak perished in 1942 in Treblinka, along with the Jewish orphans he refused to abandon.Sandra Joseph is a children's therapist based in London.