Review
`The sort of book which any self-respecting child would wish their parents had read. Gently comedic on the surface, it is a book about serious freedom underneath. Profoundly sane, kind and endearing, it is written with a huge generosity of spirit as an act of family-liberation.' --Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey
'Wise, funny, practical and personal, The Idle Parent puts the fun back into parenting.' Oliver James
'Wise, funny, practical and personal, The Idle Parent puts the fun back into parenting.' Oliver James
Review
'Wise, funny, practical and personal, The Idle Parent puts the fun back into parenting.'
Product Description
In The Idle Parent Tom Hodgkinson provides a revolutionary and wholly sensible approach to childcare, based on the idea of D.H. Lawrence and many others that the best thing we can do for children is to leave them alone.
Of course, this doesn't mean that we should completely neglect them, but rather that we should provide them with the space and time to grow up self-reliant, confident, happy and free. To do so we need to stop worrying and start nurturing the natural instincts towards creativity and independence in every child. And in so doing we will find ourselves becoming happier and better parents.
This is the perfect guide for anyone grappling with parenthood and wondering why the existing manuals are so dispiriting.
About the Author
Tom Hodgkinson is editor of The Idler and author of How To Be Idle and How To Be Free. He contributes a parenting column to the Daily Telegraph and writes for various newspapers and magazines. He lives on a farm in Devon with his family.
