I want to let you know what a critical impact Selma Friaberg's book The Magic Years made for me as a mother, as a student of Early Chidl Development, and as a human being. I had a very difficult childhood with very little genuine love and desperately wanted to create my own family. I intentionally studied all I could at UC Berkeley on Child Development and Education because I discovered I adored working with children but did not dare have my own precious children unless I understood thoroughly the needs of children, the critical early stages especially. Her work, The Magic Years distilled all I learned about in my undergraduate years in a very touching way, showing me that given a little understanding and love and guidance, children will develop just fine and in fact will develop to be kind, loving beings on their own. I saved my copy all these years and am just so sorry I never wrote her myself to tell her the impact she made, not just on giving me the courage to be a mother, way different from my own mother, but in understanding that I was just as precious as all those children quoted in example after example in her wonderful book. We all have our Magic Years, no matter what stage we are in. Your mother's book gave me self-love and self acceptance of a kind and loving person dedicated to children despite all odds. So thank you, Selma Fraiberg, and thank you to her descendants. Please, please, make her book available again today. And a word of advice ; if you can find anyone to write an adaption in simpler, more practical terms as a manual for the everyday parent, it would go a long long way in teaching today's young parent about everyday kindness, acceptance, and understanding in raising their children they themselves chose to bring into this world. Really, it would make an incredible difference. I just know that as wonderful as The Magic Years is, many young parents just need a distilled version in some form. Please consider this for today's world to become a little kinder.
Thank you so much. Would you do me the kindness of responding to my comments with an email letting me know you have sent this on to the appropriate person? Thank you so much!
Dear Descendants of Selma Fraiberg,
I want to let you know what a critical impact Selma Friaberg's book The Magic Years made for me as a mother, as a student of Early Chidl Development, and as a human being. I had a very difficult childhood with very little genuine love and desperately wanted to create my own family. I intentionally studied all I could at UC Berkeley on Child Development and Education because I discovered I adored working with children but did not dare have my own precious children unless I understood thoroughly the needs of children, the critical early stages especially. Her work, The Magic Years distilled all I learned about in my undergraduate years in a very touching way, showing me that given a little understanding and love and guidance, children will develop just fine and in fact will develop to be kind, loving beings on their own. I saved my copy all these years and am just so sorry I never wrote her myself to tell her the impact she made, not just on giving me the courage to be a mother, way different from my own mother, but in understanding that I was just as precious as all those children quoted in example after example in her wonderful book. We all have our Magic Years, no matter what stage we are in. Your mother's book gave me self-love and self acceptance of a kind and loving person dedicated to children despite all odds. So thank you, Selma Fraiberg, and thank you to her descendants. Please, please, make her book available again today. And a word of advice ; if you can find anyone to write an adaption in simpler, more practical terms as a manual for the everyday parent, it would go a long long way in teaching today's young parent about everyday kindness, acceptance, and understanding in raising their children they themselves chose to bring into this world. Really, it would make an incredible difference. I just know that as wonderful as The Magic Years is, many young parents just need a distilled version in some form. Please consider this for today's world to become a little kinder.
Thank you so much. Would you do me the kindness of responding to my comments with an email letting me know you have sent this on to the appropriate person? Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Janette Schulte