
The Art of Growing Up
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Narrated by:
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John Marsden
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By:
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John Marsden
About this listen
From the award-winning and bestselling author of the Tomorrow series, with new memoir Take Risks out now.
When I hear parents say 'I want my children to enjoy their childhood; there'll be time when they're older to learn about those things', I hear the voices of those who are scared of the vastness of the universe. These adults have a view of childhood as some kind of discrete interval, rather than just a few years from the continuum of life. How fortunate that the spirit, courage and curiosity of many young people remain largely undefeated by such adults.
John Marsden has spent his adult life engaging with young minds - through both his award-winning, internationally bestselling young adult fiction and his work as one of Australia's most esteemed and experienced educators. As the founder and principal of two schools, John is at the coalface of education and a daily witness to the inevitable and yet still mysterious process of growing up.
Now, in this astonishing, insightful and ambitious manifesto, John pulls together all he has learned from over forty years' experience working with and writing for young people. He shares his insights into everything - from the role of schools and the importance of education, to problem parents and problem children, and the conundrum of what it means to grow up and be 'happy' in the 21st century.
A MASTERPIECE. ASSUREDLY THE BEST BOOK OF 2019.
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I rate this equally to my favourite "How to win friends and influence people"
John Marsden you're a superstar
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Love this book
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In an ideal world we would probably all like to send our children to a school like his, but this is far from possible in most of this country. We have to make the best of the systems (private & public) that we are presented with, but good sensible parenting can go along way to alleviating the problems of a less than perfect school system & this is where I found the book most inspiring - his advice via examples on modern parenting. We have a huge population of anxious children & we need to take steps to generate more resilience in our young people & a lot of John's suggestions & philosophy will help achieve this.
A book for all parents & educators
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Intellectually judgmental, but right.
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it may be a confirmation bias. I totally 98% it
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does this guy even have kids?
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not an easy read
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One man's opinions
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Growing includes more than going to School.
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