 National attention brought to concept of
parents beyond parents.The
Wall Street Journal
(7-27-06)
By Jeff Zaslow
Jeff
Zaslow's July 27, 2006 article in the Wall Street Journal tackles the
question: Should we reprimand other people's kids. He
suggests that our culture's care of our children in inadequate, since
it often includes admonishing parents for helping watch out for other
parents' children. He continues:
"To combat the problem, child advocates are trying to bring back the concept of "parents beyond parents." They tout research showing that kids who receive constructive input from an array of adults are less likely to use drugs, lie to parents or commit crimes. Michael Gurian is co-founder of the Gurian Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., an educational training organization that compiles child-rearing research. He believes problems such as anorexia, depression and chronic stress in children are exacerbated because kids today often live in communities where nobody but their nuclear families seems to care much about them." These concepts and this research is the subject of Michael Gurian's upcoming book "Nurture the Nature" (Jossey-Bass, May 2007). The Gurian Institute looks forward to input from you on this topic via info@gurianinstitute.com. The full title of Jeff Zaslow's article is "Out of Line: Why We're Reluctant to Reprimand Other People's Children," Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2006
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