Questions Children's Ask

by Miriam Stoppard (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.77

  A guide for parents and carers of young children. Based on research into the types of questions most often posed by young children, the book shows how to give honest, sensitive and accurate answers in a relaxed and confident manner. The children's questions are grouped into common topics, ranging from the body, babies, puberty and sexuality to divorce, drugs, violence, sexual or racial abuse and death. Every model answer is given in alternative versions in language appropriate for the understanding of children of different ages. The guide aims to enable every reader to be responsive to the unique concerns and needs of children getting to grips with changes in their own bodies, as well as with the worlds around them.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.41

  Where did I come from? What happens when you die? What's divorce? From the moment children can formulate questions they begin to bombard their parents with 'Why?' 'What?' 'Where' and 'How?' Naturally curious they often catch us off guard leaving us unsure of how to answer their questions with an appropriate response. Now with the down-to-earth advice of Dr. Miriam Stoppard - the nation's leading authority on childcare - parents can learn how to tackle the difficult questions their children ask and use them as opportunities to teach the values of kindness, tolerance, justice, and generosity. Best of all Stoppard offers parents a foundation on which they can build their own answers as their child's understanding expands.