The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have
The Hyde School Program for Character-Based Education and Parenting
Introduction
To the Reader
Exceptional Parenting
It is hard.
It is doable.
It is never too late.
We are the parents of three school-aged children. We began our professional
careers as teachers over twenty years ago and have spent the years since
working with hundreds of teenagers and their families. The experiences we have
had and the lessons we have learned in both roles, as parents and as teachers,
form the heart of this book.
The bottom-line point we make in these pages is simple. We believe that parents
are the primary teachers and the home is the primary classroom. The job of
parenting asks us to accept and honor a commitment to develop the best in our
children, the best in our families, and the best in ourselves. No job
is more important than parenting, and while most peopl ... read full excerpt from: The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have: The Hyde School Program for Character-Based Education and Parenting ebook
