The Growth of Love: Understanding Five Essential Elements of Child Development - Softcover

White, Keith J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841014613 ISBN 13: 9781841014616

Publisher: Barnabas, 2008

Synopsis

For all who care for children, whether in a professional or voluntary capacity, this book examines the care needed for a child to develop into mature adulthood. Keith White identifies five essential elements for child development and the growth of love. There are many insights from foster care and the resources and experience of the Christian faith. The five elements identified as essential to child development are: Security (a secure base) Boundaries (moral, consistent) Significance (identity and recognition) Community (peers, associations) Creativity (opportunities for play and making). The encouraging feature of the book is the realization that these five elements for love can be found in the most unlikely places and situations, and where they are present, in whatever form, love is able to grow.

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About the Author

Dr Keith J White is Director of Mill Grove where, with his wife Ruth, he is responsible for the residential community caring for children who have experienced separation and loss. He is well versed in the literature of child development and psychiatry. His first degree was in English Literature and he has researched residential child care in Scotland, and later in India. He is former president of the UK Social Care Association and Chair of the National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations. Currently, Keith is an Associate Lecturer at Spurgeon's College, and Visiting Lecturer in Child Theology at the Malaysian Baptist Theological Seminary. He is Chair the Child Theology Movement and founder of the

Edition details

• Publisher: Barnabas
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841014613
• ISBN 13: 9781841014616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240