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	Excerpt from “Birth of the Idea” in Lessons to Share:

"What do you do with your children?"
"Why are they the nifty kids they are?"
"What do you do differently from everybody else?"

A week never goes by without these questions. For years, I just shrugged. Today I'm writing it down....

What I do with my children is to love them, want them, enjoy them, respect them even when we disagree drastically, listen to them, and ask them questions to which I expect answers. Their answers. Definitely not mine. I encourage them to be who they are....

Yet I get requests for a workbook. Directions! "How to Build Chas' Children." Step by step.


	Illustrations by Jim Whiting

No, the book did not turn out to be How to Build Chas' Children, Part One: Primordial Soup. Rather it is a fascinating look into the way one family works and plays, feels and thinks, gives and takes, shares and communicates. It is also a splendid illumination of the differences in philosophy between children and adults of different ages. Its unique question-and-answer format makes it easy to read anything from a few paragraphs to the whole book at a time. And, since the questions are universal, you and your family can provide your own answers to gain valuable insights into the minds and emotions of those around you (including yourself). With the electronic eLessons Mailing List, you can receive a new question in your e-mail inbox every week.

Lessons to Share:
workbook for a healthy family
ISBN 1-890894-00-1 (print) $15.00

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ISBN 1-890894-08-7 (e-book) $9.99

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	Sample questions and answers from the book:

(number in brackets is the age of the respondent at that time)

Question 48: What do I want to be for my friends?

Chas [40]: A friend to them. Available, a listener, responsible, someone who can be trusted and relied upon.

Zachary [5]: A nice person.

Annie [9]: I want to be kind for my friends. I want to be nice to my friends.

John [11]: Just me

David [16]: Reliable, helpful, to be there if they need me but not intrusive.

Jennifer [17]: Someone they can talk to, someone who will listen, someone who will care.

Question 59: What about myself do I want to improve upon, picking one and only one area for now?

Chas [40]: I'd like to learn to say out loud things I am more comfortable writing.

Zachary [5]: To have my birthday on the first day of the year, or the last, I wouldn't care which one. And that I'm not working on right now.

Annie [9]: My mouth -- I have a big mouth. I talk mean sometimes.

John [11]: My physical capability.

David [16]: My reliability.

Jennifer [17]: I want to make it so that my criticism of others is non-existent.


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