Arguing to grow

Children fight, yell, cry, hit each other—in one word, they disturb. Children’s fighting often stirs strong and complex emotions in adults. That’s why adults tend to intervene as soon as possible to re-establish peace. But fighting is for children an extraordinary opportunity to exercise freedom and learn to be with others, to discover their own limits and to use their creativity.
This book wants to change the common perspective on children’s conflicts showing that children can be able to deal with their own problems and difficulties and that the task of parents is to let them learn to do so.
The book’s  approach is maieutic—it is necessary to respect a boy’s or girl’s timing, emotions, demands and difficulties and this is the best way to promote their resourcefulness. The volume contains worksheets with reflections and concrete solutions which offer an innovative and stimulating educational approach to all those who work with young children.

In collaboration with: Laura Beltrami,. Fulvio Cariati, Paola Cosolo Marangon, Grazia Hinegger Fresco, Stefano Paganini, Elena Passerini, Claudio Riva e Carolina Tuozzi.