Books by Tom Hodgkinson
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review 1: The guy may be a bit extreme in his principles but a lot of what he says actually makes sense. On the one hand, and with a nostalgic frame of mind, we tend to think back of our own childhood as being more free, happier, less focused on consuming and like to think that we came out...
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review 1: The book has a pleasant pace and I think it really did influence my parenting style. For example, I used to rush out of bed on Saturday morning to get chores started, breakfast going etc. After reading the book, I found myself lingering in bed with my husband, and letting the k...
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review 1: I found myself agreeing with a lot of the author's ideas, and why wouldn't anyone? This is a great child-rearing manifesto, encouraging you to leave the kids alone so they learn to become more resourceful and ultimately amuse themselves, leaving you more time to sleep and/or dri...
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review 1: Debated what to rate this as the actual "practical" side of things is mostly irrelevant to me. Firstly because I currently live in the southern hemisphere with different seasons (and summers as harsh as the winters are in England), and secondly because I've lived on a farm my who...