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
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
- When Your Child Drives You Crazy[5]
- The Conspiracy Against Childhood
- It's Better to be Over the Hill than Under It.[6]
References
- ^ "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.
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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.
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- Eda LeShan at IMDb
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