Brett Hetherington

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THE RE-MADE PARENT

(Why We Are Losing Our Children & How We Can Get Them Back) 
 

Author: Brett Hetherington 

CHAPTERS:

1. RE-MAKING PARENTING:                 

  • Introduction
  • The Economic Crisis: A Perfect Time To Re-Think Parenting
  • Why Is The Re-Making Of Modern Parenting Necessary?
  • What Is A Parent Anyway?

 
 
 2.  PREVENTING THE EXTINCTION OF THE FATHER & THE DEMISE OF THE MOTHER:

  •   Oh, Father! Where Art Thou?
  •   Fathers Of Substance
  •   So, What Can We Do To Re-Make Fathering?
  •   “Mother, You Had Me…But I Never Had You”
  •   So, What Can We Do To Re-Make Mothering?
  •   Childcare: The Comfort of Convenience
  •   Work Beats Life
  •   Just A Parent – The Status of Parents
  •  A Product For Every Parent: Advertising and “The Rattling of a Stick Inside a Swill Bucket”
  •   So, What Can We Do To Lift The Status of Parents and Put The Raising of Our Children First?

 
 
 
 3.  PROTEST & PRESSURE – PARENTS & SCHOOLS:

  • The ‘Jason Phenomenon’
  •   The Policy of Excluding
  • The Battle To Achieve
  • Stresses From Schooling
  • So, What Can We Do to Re-Make How We Deal with Our Kid’s Education?

 
 
 
 4.  UNDER-NOURISHED, UNDER-LOVED… UNDER-PARENTED: Recognising ourselves and our own in children and parents from across the world

  •   Under-nourished Kids (Ricky)
  •   Children of the Ritalin Revolution  (James)
  •   Freedom In All The Wrong Places (Sandra)
  •   Carers That Hurt You – Sexual Abuse (Jenny)
  •   Over-Parenting: ' The Anti-Parent' (Aaron and Deidre)
  •   'God’s Creation:' The Sony Play Station (Bob)
  •   Parenting In The Era Of Distraction (Aden and Sara)
  •   Book In Your Baby Birth (Laura)
  •   Brought Up To Give Up…And Raised To Fall Down (Sally)
  •   So, What Can We Do To Ensure That We Don’t Under-Parent?

 
 

5. SPAIN: A PARENT'S PARADISE?

  • “In this country people care about kids” – The Case For.
  • “Children here are not raised to be internationally-minded” – The Case Against.
  • So, What Can We Learn From Spain’s Parents and Children?

 

6. THE RE-MADE PARENT:      

  • The Re-Made Parent
  • A 'Minimally Decent’ Life
  • A Path to Empathy
  • In Us, We Trust
  • The Importance Of Play
  • In Praise Of Praising
  • Both Human And Humane
  • So, How Can We Live As Re-Made Parents?