Eda LeShan
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Eda LeShan (June 6, 1922 – March 3, 2002) was an American writer, television host, counselor, educator, and playwright. She was a "voice of respect for the inherent integrity of children."[1] LeShan was married to Lawrence LeShan, an American psychologist and writer.
She was the host of How Do Your Children Grow? on PBS in the 1970s.
Views[edit]
Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. Our children are being led to believe that they are doomed to failure in a world which has room only for those at the top ... in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.[2][3][4]
Selected books[edit]
- When Your Child Drives You Crazy[5]
- The Conspiracy Against Childhood
- It's Better to be Over the Hill than Under It.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Eda LaShan: An Ombudsman for Children". Mothering.com.
- ^ "Creative Quotations from Eda LeShan (1922-2002) in The Conspiracy Against Childhood, 1966".
- ^ LeShan, Eda J. (1967). The Conspiracy Against Childhood. Atheneum. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST CHILDHOOD BY EDA LESHAN". Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 1967. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ LeShan, Eda J. (May 1986). When Your Child Drives You Crazy. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-92930-5.
- ^ LeShan, Eda J. (2000). It's Better to be Over the Hill Than Under it: Thoughts on Life Over Sixty. Thorndike Press. ISBN 978-0-7862-2527-9.
External links[edit]
- Eda LeShan at IMDb
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