Taming the Spirited Child
Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits
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Do You Have a Spirited Child?
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
-- Jack London (1876-1916)
Jack London, a talented and popular writer of adventure tales, including Call of the Wild, the story of a sled dog in Alaska, spent his adult life writing, championing social causes, and struggling for pea ... read full excerpt from Taming the Spirited Child: Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits ebook