50 illustrated challenges to grow with our children
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 14x22cm
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9788859026143
Publication date: 01/10/2021
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The author uses the most stimulating concepts of philosophy to face everyday parenting commitments, explain relationships, foster the autonomy and serenity of our children and explore an exciting variety of thoughts, emotions and experiences with them. A path marked by fifty questions to touch on many of the challenges that mothers and fathers inevitably have to face, 50 topics introduced by as many illustrated tables and framed with the help of the classics of philosophy.
An original book, dedicated to parents who wish to find a starting point for a constructive dialogue with their children.
Invitation to reading
Chapter 1 -Is it more difficult to grow or help others grow?
Chapter 2 - How is self awareness born?
Chapter 3 - Is play a serious thing?
Chapter 4 - What purpose do fables serve?
Chapter 5 - Can you learn by imitation?
Chapter 6 - What happens when you become part of a group?
Chapter 7 - How can you talk about your emotions?
Chapter 8 - Why do children (and not only them) like to pretend?
Chapter 9 - Is it possible to listen with your eyes?
Chapter 10 - Do things for boys and things for girls really exist?
Chapter 11 - You always have to have something to believe in?
Chapter 12 - What does it mean to take care of someone?
Chapter 13 - How can you practice a sense of limits?
Chapter 14 - How difficult is it to explain yourself well?
Chapter 15 - How can you handle children’s questions?
Chapter 16 - Do you really learn from your mistakes?
Chapter 17 - How can you cultivate intelligence?
Chapter 18 - Where does kindness come from?
Chapter 19 - How important are friendships?
Chapter 20 - How do you get to know yourself?
Chapter 21 - How do you handle a fork in the road?
Chapter 22 - What makes you really happy?
Chapter 23 - What about other cultures?
Chapter 24 - What is the point of studying?
Chapter 25 - Why is there bullying?
Chapter 26 - What does Icarus’ myth teach us?
Chapter 27 - What are Narcissus’ mirrors today?
Chapter 28 - Can you learn from pain?
Chapter 29 - Do you always need to obey?
Chapter 30 - It is easy to think with your own mind?
Chapter 31 - How important are words?
Chapter 32 - What is the relationship between travel and education?
Chapter 33 - How to live in a world full of screens?
Chapter 34 - How can you protect yourself from fake news?
Chapter 35 - What if life was like navigating?
Chapter 36 - How to give a good recommendation?
Chapter 37 - What can you learn by doing sports?
Chapter 38 - Who needs to downsize?
Chapter 39 -What things are important?
Chapter 40- What does it mean to follow the trend?
Chapter 41- To be or to have?
Chapter 42- What does it mean to be cultured?
Chapter 43 -What happens when you fall in love?
Chapter 44 - How should you talk about death?
Chapter 45 - Is history still the teacher of life?
Chapter 46 - Where is the boundary between possible and impossible?
Chapter 47 - How can you manage conflicts?
Chapter 48 - Is it possible to forget to live?
Chapter 49 - What can be said about democracy?
Chapter 50 - Why is it important to talk about utopia?
50 illustrated challenges to grow with our children
We become parents, and starting today we can rely on philosophy to learn how to better exercise this role. Parents with Philosophy is a practical volume for parents who wish to learn to manage responsibilities, choices, everyday parenting commitments, real relationships, foster the autonomy and serenity of their children through the teachings of famous philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer and many others.
STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK
The volume is divided into 50 chapters, each one responding to a question dedicated to the challenges that mothers and fathers face (sooner or later). There are 50 topics, introduced by an equal number of illustrations and framed with the help of the classics of philosophy.
Manage conflicts with philosophy The topics dealt with in this book regard problems, conflicts and topics that are most often part of family life, for example:
Leaf through some selected pages from the book that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:
THE AUTHOR
Luca Mori has a PhD in the Philosophical Disciplines, and he is an adjunct professor of History of Philosophy for undergraduate courses in Sciences and Techniques of Clinical Psychology and Health at the University of Pisa. He has been planning and conducting philosophy workshops with children and adolescents for years.
Take a look at the other books on philosophy with young children by Luca Mori