Your competent Child
Toward a new paradigm in parenting and education
The foundation of Jesper Juul’s work is his literature The internationally acclaimed best-seller “Your Competent Child” and the revised edition “Raising Competent Children” continue to be top-sellers. Translated into more than 15 languages, it is a benchmark book presenting a New Paradigm of parenting. With a focus on relationships between adults and children, this book offers an all important alternative to authoritarian parenting. A great introduction and a must-read if you have an interest in children. You will refer to it over and over again.
Jesper Juul the renowned family therapist and writer has written various books for parents and professionals, of which the best known is 'Your competent child' - so far translated into 16 languages and sold more than half a million copies.
"The father of a violently uncontrollable seven-year-old boy oncelooked me straight in the eye and asked, with exactly the same kindof despair and defiance in his voice that his son had inherited, “Is itreally necessary to think so much about what you say to a boy of hisage? My parents never damn well said anything but‚ NO!”I do not think that any of my readers will be surprised to learn thatmy answer was, “Yes!” Jesper Juul, " Your Competent Child"
Your Competent Child is avaialbe at Balboa Press
