Why read How to Love a Child?

Book cover of How to Love a Child: 1: And Other Selected Works Volume 1

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How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak's works translated into English. It contains his most important pedagogical writings, journal articles, as well as private texts. Volume 1 comprises three pedagogical works, the first being How to Love a Child. This is…

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Child development

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Parenting

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Why read it?

1 author picked How to Love a Child as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Lawrence J. Cohen

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Korczak was a pediatrician, an educator, a champion of children’s rights, the director of orphanages, and much more.

He said, “A child has a right to grief, even if it is for the loss of a pebble.” And he knew about grief.

He cared for orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto, and he accompanied the children to a concentration camp, even though he was offered the chance to escape.

He said, “They children will be scared without me there with them.” He marched with them to the train, carrying a green flag, which was the symbol of his beloved character King…

From Lawrence's list on to help you remember what it was like to be a child.