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Love Me As I Am

by Monica C. MacLennan; Edited by MaryAnne MacIntosh

64 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0707; ISBN 1-4251-2307-4; US$9.50, C$9.50, EUR6.49, £4.90

This book contains positive, tested strategies for parenting and educating youngsters. It will help you relieve frustration and anger. You will learn how to find parenting and teaching rewarding.

About the Book

Love Me As I Am is an affordable book of theoretical and practical information, in dealing with children of all ages. The author holds a degree in Montessori, Child Development and Development of Human Resources. The ideas in the book were used by the author, with extraordinary success. Love Me As I Am, as the title suggests is a book, that was written to give parents, grandparents, teachers, and other caregivers of children positive ways of guiding children under their care, in their development needs. The book deals with children from infancy to adolescence. The reader is advised to read every topic because he/she can benefit from it, even though it may not apply for the situation at hand. The suggestions may help with other concerns. The goal to achieve is not perfection. Adults should make it their goal to treat children with understanding and compassion. They can then positively guide youngsters to achieve a healthy self-esteem and to face life with a confident spirit. Children in turn will fulfill their ambitions and become well-adjusted adults, caring and contributing to family and society. Do you think, or has a teacher told you, your child may have ADD or ADHD? Read this informative book to find options and make intelligent decisions about your child. Relieve stress and frustration and enjoy children in your care. Children are unique masterpieces. If treated with understanding, compassion, love, and respect they will become an asset to you and themselves. Buy this invaluable book and pass one on to a friend.

About the Author

Monica MacLennan has been an administrator and an educator. She is a proud parent of four children and a grandparent of seven grandchildren ranging in age from infancy to their teenage years. She has taught, worked and cared for children from infancy to adolescence for a period of over forty years. She has given many workshops and seminars on caring for and educating children. She holds a degree in Montessori and was trained in Montessori by a student directly trained by Dr. Montessori, the founder of the Montessori method of education. She also holds associate and bachelors degrees in early childhood development and the development of human resources.

She has observed and studied children of all ages and has helped children in their various development stages from infancy through adolescence. She has attended workshops and seminars and taken classes in helping with the development of children who are gifted and talented and has had great success with gifted and talented students. She has also taken courses in dealing with children with special needs and behavioral problems. She has had exposure to children with special needs and has had great success with legally blind and children with Down Syndrome.

She brings all this experience and expertise to her readers and wishes to inform them of the best way to deal with situations. She feels there is a great need to encourage and educate parents to nurture and lovingly care for their children. She observes that children need limits but these limits should not stifle their growth and development. Instead, she encourages parents to listen to their children and help them develop their full potential.

She thinks that children are very special and each child has unique qualities that can be fostered and developed if parents, teachers and caregivers are given the right ideas and information to deal with their children. She lives in Lansing Michigan.