I don't believe this can be taught
589349
Before I was married I practiced the Alpha male creed. I see nothing wrong with betas and omega. Life has ubiquitous hierarchies. Everyone has his place. Betas can build civilizations, but an only Alpha society would never work. Accept who you are and enjoy life.
268059
I am interested in teaching the principles of mindfulness to my children, and was very excited about reading this book. But it didn't live up to my hopes and expectations.

The mindfulness exercises for children seem very abstract. I have difficulty imagining that they could have much impact towards teaching mindfulness to a child. Some of them even seem contradictory to me - oil and water won't mix, we should be like the oil and refuse to mix in......milk dissolves into water, we should be like milk and allow ourselves to mix in. Very confusing, at least it seems so to me.
2712153
As a professor and scientist... I find these books on Pedagogy to completely miss the point of knowledge.... I do not disagree with the facts that the education systems in many countries are broken and may be due to capitalism and racism and all the isms... BUT... they are just metaphysical thoughts... and they do not provide any substance as to how animals on this earth gain knowledge... Most of the real thinkers agree that it is almost impossible to teach anyone to think.  We also agree that there are very few truths and that most people have always believed what is socially acceptable... Pedagogy does not teach anyone how to change this... I do not recommend any of these metaphysical books for the future. I recommend the philosophy of science and anthropology (ethno, semiotics, archaeology, and physics) to be the only way to knowledge.  Teach people to read... to do math to be deductionists, with a method to falsify hypotheses and data. Stop believing in metaphysics.
3127761
I never thought that the Holy Spirit can inspired someone to live a life of total faith and believed in Jesus, and his Word. I wish I had known about these teachings when I was a new born believer. Had I no listen to so many teachers, most of them with good intentions but just like Paul sincerely wrong, I would had never lost my faith. Now thanks to God and the teachings of this godly man, I am hoping to gained or recuperate what the devil had stolen from me through those so call good men of God, but so out of sync with God's will.
2338266
I doubt that she'll read it or refer to it.  Should be part of school curriculum but isn't.  ...maybe in time.
2080015
This is a very interesting book. It highlights the limitations of public education when it comes to teaching history. First of all, unlike math, the sciences,  English, and foreign languages where teachers need certification that they are qualified to teach these subjects, history is many times taught by teachers who have no academic background in teaching history. He said that he has seen many times where U.S. history teachers have never had a college course in U.S. history. I don't understand how anyone can graduate from college without a U.S. history class. That was certainly a required class where I went to college. But he reported that such unqualified people as coaches and other unqualified people teach it and that's why the public is so ignorant about some of the most basic facts about this country. I know something about this at a personal level. When my daughter was in high school, she became quite irritated that the teacher considered last night's football game to be part of U.S. History.  The author is an authority history, himself, and he discusses the errors and omissions that are important in our understanding of how this country developed to this point. He also presented a strong case against much of the content presented in the textbooks. This is a book that should be read by every school administrator who is involved in hiring teachers and supervising them, and by every history teacher. In fact, if I were a history teacher, I would seriously consider requiring my students to read the book and, based upon the concepts presented by Loewen, evaluate my class. Then, I would consider evaluating the students based upon the quality of their evaluation of my teaching.
2328065
I highly recommend this book. There is so much  that we are not taught in government-run schools.
2680598
I don't think this book is supposed to be taken literally.  If you take the story of the daemon as literal truth, then I really can't help you except to say you desperately need to work on your critical thinking skills!

If Hillman himself takes it as literal truth, then he is confused (but given his discussions of myth in this book, I suspect he doesn't).  Sadly in our current culture I almost expect someone to take the metaphor as literal truth.

However, if you take it as metaphor then it becomes: what if we regarded all the people we know as unique individuals/"souls"?  What if we not only accepted but even respected that within ourselves that is outside the norm?  What if we respected our offspring's quirks instead of medicating them for any minor quirk?  What if we came to peace with our past despite any abnormalities in our psyche it may have lead to?  I find these and other questions to be very provocative questions, that are not usually raised in the modern worldview.  And this book raises them by means of fascinating metaphors.

That said I have to agree with most the criticisms of this book, except for the criticisms that missed the point entirely and took the book literally.  This book lacks cohesion.  It is true that many of the ideas fall apart when you try to get any consistency out of them even as metaphor.  I also agree that despite the deceptive title, this book is not at all practical.  I kept hoping for some practical advice and the only advice it seemed to offer at all was for parenting.  I also think occasionally in this book Hillman himself forgot that his metaphor was only a metaphor, as when he tries to debate hard science with it.
3816483
That last review,I see your point And I disagree..

He said quote.
The author says anyone who can play and read music can become a teacher. He further states that teaching can be a good way of keeping occupied between gigs.

Nope - this is not how real teachers think. If anyone can teach, then why do they have music education programs in colleges?
un quote

Uhhhm,Joe Satriani was teaching without a degree..He Gave many famous people lessons..Seemed like it worked out pretty good in that aspect. I would have paid him the $500.00 an hr..

And whats wrong with a teacher sharing his talents with the public at gigs and etc.
He probably sounds amazing..I bet people hear the man and pay him good. A great way to advertise your skills. Seems like the type that knows how to teach performing aspects..Is music meant to be shut up in a school? NO !

I see your point for a music teacher at your kids school though..I mean you need to have the college education to teach at a public school in the first place..But my music school teacher would be the last person I would go to for lessons. LAME !

I encourage people like this to go out and share the wonderful gift of music.

I would say if you are a musician and understand the fundamentals,theory and etc. Then share this knowledge if you have a degree or not..Do not waste your talents and knowledge. Grab all of the resources available from these books and the web and get started. Music is a gift and it rules..Don't be a pencil neck !
4524586
I am not sure what the author is trying to accomplish. Looks like he wants the babies to learn the terminology (for talking shop?). This book will not teach your child anything else.
431832
Perhaps I'm missing something, but if I'm not, this books teaches a false "lesson" to children. A small fish steals a hat from a large fish. The small fish tries to get away with it and tries to rationalize why it's ok for him to have stolen the hat. The big fish follows him. The little fish finds a hiding place. The big fish easily finds him, takes the hat back, and the little fish is not heard from again. We can only assume that he was eaten by the big fish. What exactly is that teaching children? I completely regret spending money on this book. I can't possibly give it as a gift to a child or even read it to any child. Caldecott Medal people, what happened? Why would you give this book any awards?
2195757
I grew up in a home where sexuality was discussed openly and honestly by at least one parent [thanks Mom!] and had a 9th grade biology teacher that was brave enough to teach sexuality along with sex [thanks MS. Leibert!].  The world Judith Levine exposes in Harmful To Minors is scary and, luckily, one I'm only familiar with as an observer.  The high school students I teach come from one of the more religious neighborhoods in southern California where I suspect the parental sex lecture, if given at all, is often as short as "don't do it!" [whatever 'it' is] and sex education is taught clinically, if at all.  And my students aren't abstaining from sexual behavior and they're producing babies and they're catching diseases.  Levine's call for sexuality education is brave, important, and timely.  Humans are sexual creatures, even as children, and trying to protect them from their sexuality is dangerous.  If you care about the youth of America, please open your mind and read Harmful To Minors.
1088567
I admit that I have not read the entirety of this book. One reason I stopped is because of this statement "God wants to lovingly teach us how to live with Him and our fellowman in harmony as a father would teach a son to be a good citizen. This is why He gave us a simple set of instructions to learn and follow. He made this instruction easily understandable so we can teach our seed the way to walk, also". The problem with this statement, compared with the major sects of Judaism, is it contradicts the Talmudic, and a large portion of rabbinical texts. That is why a rabbi (such as Mr. Singer) exists at all, to help explain difficult texts and how to perform a large portion of Torah that isn't explicitly stated. If it were so simple and easily understandable, I nor anyone else who can read, need someone to teach me. But it isn't always that simple.

Though I believe Yeshua is the promised prophet and king to come, this is not a theological debate. That's my review. Shalom
2828077
One acquaintance of mine referred this book to me as an example of how all Asian mothers raise their children. She said she would not sacrifice her children's childhood for the so-called their school success.

I hope readers will not make the same mistake as this acquaintance of mine by assuming all Asian mothers behave this way or assume this as the explanation of Asian children's success in school.

Just as you see different trees in forests, you also see different parenting styles among Asian parents. In my own experience, I talked with my children a lot more than the average parents. I reasoned with them, making them understand their status is that of a students and their main responsibility is to study well so that they can make it in society when they grow up. I have never used any harsh methods described in this book. In fact, among all my Chinese friends, I have never encountered one that ever force their children to study well but their children all excel in school.

I am afraid this book might send an inaccurable impression of Asian parents.
3301221
I am not impressed.  I assumed a word-teaching program would be geared to kids learning to read, like my 2nd son who has been reading for about a year and a half.  But by and large the words are all very advanced, like collegiate level, so it almost seems geared to high school students or adults who want to have a top notch vocabulary -- that's a very specialized group.  I think there are far more parents wanting to help their early readers get good vocabularies, than people worrying about adding the "creme de la creme" of hard words to their vocabulary, so this is a bonehead move by the creators and/or results in them selling to buyers who misperceive what they are getting, like me.  Due to the unfortunate bias of the game towards words my 2nd grade son cannot hope to know yet, he is quickly frustrated by the word games (no one likes to score zero points over and over) and has no interest in playing it.
306669
I have been a volunteer in my local public school since my daughter's first day of kindergarten almost 20 years ago.  I am intrigued by the learning process. The students in every classroom I've been in have extreme variations in their skill level. I don't know how teachers adapt, but the vast majority I've worked with do it flawlessly. I spend the majority of my time with the high functioning kids (they teach me a lot) and was interested in reading this book so I might incorporate some of this author's game ideas in our discussions. Instead, I was too intrigued and found myself overwhelmingly enthusiastic to discuss this book with the team teachers. I am not qualified, nor do I have the authority, to use the game, but I really think the teachers will want to try it after they read this book.

I am so impressed with this educator.
2560605
Holly sh.... it looks like a miracle to educate dogs..
I have a new puppy 10 months old and she was impossible... this thing worked since the first time... I recommend to who had serios problems with dog training