There’s hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what’s best for children are turning the tide.
Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books on education, parenting, and relationships have helped more than a million readers through life’s challenges, draws on the stories and voices of parents and educators on the ground, and a wealth of personal experience. He surveys the drastic changes in the lives of children, but also the groundswell of grassroots advocacy and action that he believes will lead to the triumph of common sense and time-tested wisdom.
Arnold takes on technology, standardized testing, overstimulation, academic pressure, marketing to children, over-diagnosis and much more, calling on everyone who loves children to combat these threats to childhood and find creative ways to help children flourish. Every parent, teacher, and childcare provider has the power to make a difference, by giving children time to play, access to nature, and personal attention, and most of all, by defending their right to remain children.
Johann Christoph Arnold
A noted speaker and writer on marriage, parenting, and end-of-life issues, Arnold is a senior pastor of the Bruderhof, a movement of Christian communities. With his wife, Verena, he has counseled thousands of individuals and families over the last forty years. His books include Their Name Is Today, Why Forgive?, Rich in Years, Seeking Peace, Cries from the Heart, Be Not Afraid, and Why Children Matter.
Arnold's message has been shaped by encounters with great peacemakers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, César Chavez, and John Paul II. Together with paralyzed police officer Steven McDonald, Arnold started the Breaking the Cycle program, working with students at hundreds of public high schools to promote reconciliation through forgiveness. This work has also brought him to conflict zones from Northern Ireland to Rwanda to the Middle East. Closer to home, he serves as chaplain for the local sheriff's department.
Born in Britain in 1940 to German refugees, Arnold spent his boyhood years in South America, where his parents found asylum during the war; he immigrated to the United States in 1955. He and his wife have eight children, 44 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. They live in upstate New York.
My Review
Their Name is Today
By: Johann Christoph Arnold
I thought this book was really good. My kids are grown now but I do have
grandchildren. Are we listening to our
children? We need to be we need to have
a open mind. Sometimes they have good ideals. Not that they rule over us as
parents but that we actually listen to show them we value their opinion. Children are quick to anger but on the same
note they forgive very easily. So many things different today in raising kids. Kids have to know so much now just to enter
school. We was taught those things in school. Our kids are growing up way to
fast they don't even have time to be a child.
The world is full of technology and to much of this is bad for the kids.
This is really a good book. Get it and check out what Johann has to say about
it and many other things. I believe as
he does we are pushing our kids to fast. With the world of electronics and
video games. We need to rethink this.
This is not good for the future children. I can already see less communication.
I like what he had to say.
I will be giving away one copy!
US and Canada Only!
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