THE HAPPIEST KIDS IN THE WORLD: BRINGING UP CHILDREN THE DUTCH WAY
Book ID/图书代码： 13160016B89629
English Summary/英文概要： In the spirit of French Children Don’t Throw Food, this is a book to appeal to frazzled mothers and fathers who are keen to hear how child-rearing is done elsewhere.
Recent research into child well-being, done by Unicef, has established that Netherlands is the only country with top scores in all aspects examined – from education to housing and environment, and most importantly, in overall happiness. So what makes the Dutch such a child-friendly society?
Michele & Rina are a British and an American mother, both living in the Netherlands, married to Dutch men, and raising their children the Dutch way. In Growing Up Happy, they will be sharing their experience and ‘aha’ moments earned through everyday parenthood in their Dutched reality.
With debate raging between relaxed ‘free-range’ parenting on the one side, and focussed ‘helicopter’ parenting on the other, both sides could benefit from a look at a culture that is striking the right balance.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 资源相对匮乏的低地国家荷兰，拥有高度发达的经济和领先世界的教育，联合国儿童基金会2013年的调查表明，荷兰孩子是全世界最快乐的孩子。超过95%的孩子认为自己很快乐，荷兰被宣布为促进儿童幸福成长的最佳榜样。荷兰最具影响力的育儿博客“发现荷兰”（Finding Dutchland）博主——美国妈妈瑞娜和英国妈妈米歇尔讲述自己在荷兰养育孩子的经历，并走访当地学校、家长和教育从业者，带领我们共同开启一段探索荷兰快乐教育精髓的旅程。
在荷兰产妇可获得足够的产前指导（自然分娩）和产后支持；婴儿睡眠充足，作息规律；儿童可以在户外安全而尽情地玩耍；儿童肥胖率低，身心健康；相比起学业分数，学校和家庭更重视培养孩子的独立思维和社交能力；青春期的孩子少有叛逆行为；父母享受令人羡慕的工作与生活的平衡。在本书的作者——两位异国妈妈看来，这些“奇迹”在荷兰理所应当地发生，最重要的原因就在于绝大多数荷兰父母能够放下焦虑，善于平衡，轻松育儿，“让孩子成为孩子”。
当下中国“焦虑的父母，疲惫的孩子”几乎成为家庭的常态，荷兰教育的理念与方法可以带给中国父母理解和对待教育不一样的视角，有助于反观和反思我们在教育过程中应该更看重什么。营造包容宽松的家庭氛围，给予孩子更多的理解和接纳，多陪伴少指导，多倾听少评判，养育快乐孩子的秘密也许就在其中。(DB)
Awards/获奖情况：Michele Hutchison is an editor, translator and blogger. She was born in Solihull, grew up in Lincolnshire and studied at the universities of East Anglia, Cambridge and Lyon. She worked in British publishing before moving to Amsterdam, heavily-pregnant, in 2004. There she worked as an editor and became a prominent translator of Dutch literature. She lives in a leaky, old dyke house with her Dutch husband and two children. Rina Mae Acosta is an Asian-American writer from California currently living in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and two young sons. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and Erasmus University in Rotterdam. She is the author of a successful parenting blog, Finding Dutchland. Why do: ??· Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? ??· Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? ??· The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? ??· Dutch schools not set homework for the under-tens? ??· Dutch teenagers not rebel? ??· What is the secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world? In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison, both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in Holland, examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such contented, well-adjusted and healthy babies, children and teens. Read this book if you want to find out what lessons you can learn from Dutch parents, to ensure your kids turn out happy! The secrets of bringing up the happiest kids in the world: the definitive guide to raising content, confident and well-adjusted children. "An eye-opening and badly-needed dose of perspective. In my next life, I want to be Dutch." -- Pamela Druckerman * author of French Children Don’t Throw Food * "A fascinating book - one I wish I had read sooner! In fact, the more I read the more I became tempted to move our entire family to the Netherlands..." -- Sarah Turner * author of The Unmumsy Mum *
"An eye-opening and badly-needed dose of perspective. In my next life, I want to be Dutch." (Pamela Druckerman author of French Children Don’t Throw Food)
"A fascinating book - one I wish I had read sooner! In fact, the more I read the more I became tempted to move our entire family to the Netherlands..." (Sarah Turner author of The Unmumsy Mum)
About the Author/作者介绍： 瑞娜??梅??阿科斯塔（Rina Mae Acosta）来自加利福尼亚的亚裔美国作家，同自己的荷兰丈夫和两个孩子一起居住在荷兰。先后毕业于加利福尼亚大学、伯克利大学和荷兰鹿特丹的伊拉斯谟大学。荷兰知名育儿博客“发现荷兰”（Finding Dutchland）的博主。
米歇尔??哈奇森（Michele Hutchison）出生在英国的索利哈尔，在林肯郡长大。先后在东安格里亚大学、剑桥大学和里昂大学读书。在2004年搬到阿姆斯特丹待产前，曾在英国出版业工作。来到荷兰后，她从事编辑工作，并成为了一名出色的荷兰文学翻译者。目前同她的荷兰丈夫和两个孩子一起，住在运河沿岸的一幢老房子里。
Rina Mae Acosta is an Asian-American writer from California currently living in the Netherlands with her Dutch husband and two young sons. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and Erasmus University in Rotterdam. She is the author of a successful parenting blog, Finding Dutchland.
Michele Hutchison is an editor, translator and blogger. She was born in Solihull, grew up in Lincolnshire and studied at the universities of East Anglia, Cambridge and Lyon. She worked in British publishing before moving to Amsterdam, heavily-pregnant, in 2004. There she worked as an editor and became a prominent translator of Dutch literature. She lives in a leaky, old dyke house with her Dutch husband and two children.
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