Author: Jaqueline Mitchell
Publisher: Bodleian Libraries
ISBN: 9781851244386
96 pages
£4.99
It is rather tempting when looking at parenting advice from several generations ago to expect it to all be along the lines of "children should be seen and not heard", "spare the rod and spoil the child" or "never hug and kiss", "never let them sit on your lap", "If you must, kiss them once on the forehead when they say goodnight" or "shake hands with them in the morning."
What a joy to discover Jacqueline Mitchell's How to be a Good Parent. Compiled from books mostly written in the first half the 20th century, it is instead stuffed with the sort of wise guidelines most modern day parenting practitioners would happily pass on.
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