Courting Failure: A Path to Success - Softcover

Harris, Godfrey; Harris, Kennith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935047662 ISBN 13: 9780935047660

Publisher: Americas Group Publications,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

Instead of protecting children from the pain of not succeeding, parents should encourage them to take risks and treat those risks as a necessary ingredient of progress. This book includes practical exercises to learn how to cope with and benefit from the consequences of failure.

About this title

About the Authors

Godfrey Harris has been preparing managerial options to everyday activities political programs,event planning, household moving, project development for the past 50+ years as a public policyconsultant. Prior to co-founding Harris/Ragan Management Group in 1968, Harris taught political science at two universities and was a U.S. diplomat in three world capitals. While recuperating from back surgery, he realized that caregiving services could benefit from the same kind of planning, record keeping and management approaches he had applied to many other topics.

Kennith Harris teaches kindergarten and 1st grade in Malibu, California. He has taught at the Santa Monica Alternative School, served as Assistant Principal at the Will Rogers Learning Community, and as Principal of Summer Adventure at the Pt. Dume Marine Science Elementary School since 2002. He earned his National Board Certification in 2007 and Continuing Service Award in 2008. Harris holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master's Degree in Educational Administration from California State University, Northridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Americas Group Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0935047662
• ISBN 13: 9780935047660
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128