It Takes a Village, and Other Lessons Children Teach Us - Hardcover

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684826615 ISBN 13: 9780684826615

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1995

Synopsis

For more than twenty-five years, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has made children her passion and her cause. Her experience with children has strengthened her conviction that how children develop and what they need to succeed is inextricably entwined with the society in which they live and how well it sustains and supports its families and individuals. In other words, it takes a village to raise a child. This book chronicles her quest-both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public-to discover how we can make our society into the kind of village that enable children to grow into able, caring, resilient adults. It is time, Mrs. Clinton believes, to acknowledge that we have to make some changes for children's sake. Advances in technology and the global economy along with other developments in society have brought us much good, but they have also stressed the fabric of family life, leaving us and our children poorer in many ways - physically, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually. She doesn't believe that we should, or can, turn back the clock. False nostalgia for "family values" is no solution. Nor is it useful to make an all-purpose bogeyman or savior of "government." But by looking honestly at the condition of our children, be sifting the past for clues to the structure that once bound us together, by identifying places where our "village" is flourishing, and, most important, be listening to the children themselves, we can begin to create for our children the better tomorrow they deserve.

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Review

"A marvelously conceived book...Mrs. Clinton intends nothing less than that we collectively improve the way the nation raises its children." -- The Washington Post Book World "The Washington Post Book World"

"An extraordinary gift."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Compelling.A book about the basics, for nothing could be more basic than the way a nation cares for its children."

-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"An extraordinary gift."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Compelling?.A book about the basics, for nothing could be more basic than the way a nation cares for its children."

-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"An extraordinary gift."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Compellings.A book about the basics, for nothing could be more basic than the way a nation cares for its children."

-- "The New York Times Book Review"

"Parents and nonparents should read "It Takes a Village" to remind them of the simple but essential point: Children must have caring, nurturing, and informed adults around them....A textbook for caring."
-- "The Dallas Morning News"

"An extraordinary gift."
-- "Los Angeles Times"

""It Takes a Village" deserves to be read...it would be a loss if the nation missed this opportunity to address the issues Hillary Rodham Clinton raises."
-- "The Christian Science Monitor"

About the Author

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is the author of IT TAKES A VILLAGE and DEAR SOCKS, DEAR BUDDY: KID'S LETTERS TO THE FIRST PETS.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0684826615
• ISBN 13: 9780684826615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English