Green Child Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 11

Home Grown : Adventures in Parenting Off the Beaten Path , Unschooling , and Reconnecting with the Natural World by Ben Hewitt
If you believe that the best education a person - child or adult - can get is achieved outside classroom walls , this book is for you . A collection of essays by a homesteading father , Home Grown describes an unconventional yet uplifting method for raising ( and educating ) children . It ’ s inspirational enough to make you wish you had a similar upbringing while digging for ways to raise your own children similarly .
How to Raise a Wild Child : The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D . Sampson
Not only a guide to raising children with an appreciation and comfort for nature , this smartly written book is an entertaining and powerful read for any parent . Offering well-researched arguments for all humans - of any age - to get into the wilderness again , this book is hard to put down .
The Danish Way of Parenting by Jessica Joelle Alexander & Iben Sandahl
Picked up by the popular media , this popular book is worth the hype . Using as a springboard the fact that Danish people are “ the happiest people in the world ”, this book offers practical tips to help create a calm , joy-filled life with your own family unit .
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