Sara Zaske
Autor(a) de Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children
Obras de Sara Zaske
Green, a short story 2 cópias
The Last Zoo, a short story 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Zaske, Sara Elizabeth
- Sexo
- female
- Locais de residência
- Idaho, USA
- Educação
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.A. English
San Francisco State University, M.A., English - Ocupação
- Writer
- Agente
- Terra Chalberg, Chalberg & Sussman
- Pequena biografia
- Sara Zaske is an American writer who lived in Berlin for six and a half years. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic.com, and Time.com among other places. She now lives in Idaho with her husband and two children. Her author site is sarazaske.com
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 92
- Popularidade
- #202,476
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Resenhas
- 9
- ISBNs
- 7
- Idiomas
- 1
I loved this book. I was introduced to it by a friend over here where I am living in Switzerland. My family is living in Basel which is right on the German border. Here the Swiss speak German (although it is their own dialect) and take on many of the traits of Germans when it comes to parenting. I was fascinated with this book because I see the exact same behaviors here in kids and adults that Sara saw in Berlin.
I have to admit I was a bit of a helicopter parent before moving to Switzerland last year. I have a daughter that is legally blind, a teenager who I wouldn't even think of letting go to the movies alone, and an 11 year old son who I still picked out clothes for on a daily basis. I quickly saw here that I could let go. I was introduced to a culture where 5 year old kids walk, ride bikes, or take trams/buses to school by themselves. I see kids playing at all hours of the day in playgrounds throughout the city and also riding their bikes after school without supervision. My eldest daughter has been shopping in the city with friends, alone. My legally blind daughter rides the tram to and from school each day without me as her escort.
And you know what I found? They didn't die. I let go, and they thrived. I see them making more and more decisions for themselves, and not relying on me to save them when they get into a sticky situation. (like getting lost or missing a tram). My 11 year old son takes the tram to and from school alone each day and walks about 10 blocks from the tram to his school. Without guidance.
Kids play outside here more. They aren't tied to their phones or their electronics. I don't see kids immediatetly pulling them out when they are together, or even alone on public transportation. I see them talking and laughing with each other. They are outside every day, no matter the temperature or the weather. And their parents are not with them.
We could learn a lot from other cultures about making kids into strong adults. One day - soon - I want my kids to live without me. I want them to be able to make decisions and not crumble and ask for help. I want them to be wordly and not sheltered. And I am thankful for the opportunity I was given to break free of helicopter parenting and letting go.
Check out this book. Especially my American friends.… (mais)