Night Lights

by Phyllis Theroux

Book Overview

Viking Pr Hardcover 1987 2D Essays discuss adoption, childbirth, jealousy, fairness, sports, shopping with children, school, boredom, embarrassment, responsibility, games, pets, parties, and teachers This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140089233
• ISBN13: 9780140089233
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Comfort Food for Parents

I can't believe this book is out of print. I bought this book years ago on the advice of a friend and I have loved this book all through my children's growing up. My favorite chapters are ON BEING FAIR ("...rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight and pruning. Were I to be absolutely fair, I would have to treat each child as if he or she were absolutely identical to the other siblings, and there would be no profit for anyone in that."); TEN YEAR-OLD'S TACKLE FOOTBALL ("Small boys learn to be large men in the presence of large men who care about small boys."); and IN PRAISE OF TEACHERS ("If I were in charge of the universe, good teachers would earn far more than cabinet ministers; the latter are replaceable, the former are not.") If you are a parent of a child of any age, this book will become a favorite friend.