Bøker av Jesper Juul

This might be the most decisive book you can find in terms of definingyour relationship with your partner, children, parents, siblings andclose friends.Jesper Juul reveals with great insight why it is onlypossible to say "Yes!" to yourself when you also feel liberated and freeto say "No!" to others. By letting go of the obligation to be nice and the need to serve and please others, it is easier to connect with your true identity. Jesper Juul reveals the secret to developing and maintaining a healthy mind, social competence as well as staying true to yourself.When reading this practical book you will discover why "No!"is also called "the most loving answer" and therefore is the ultimate gift to yourself and those you hold near and dear.

In this excellent, short and instructive book - maybe one of Jesper Juul's best - he explains how to handle yourself as an adult in conflict with children.The many ideas, concepts and practical suggestions apply whether you are a parent or a professional working in the educational system. The title summarizes the essence of true dialogue and through plenty of everyday examples this book provides adults with alternativesto shouting, criticizing and blaming - while respecting the personal integrity of everyone involved.Jesper Juul shows how to use personal language and thereby develop relationships built on equal dignity.Ultimately, this book helps adults become more authentic so children can be treated as real people.

This book captures the essence of modern family life. Much has changed since our own childhoods; "the good old days".Today's parents are challenged by the need to invent their own parenting style. This can only happen from within, based on our personal values and boundaries.Jesper Juul puts it very clearly: "The love we feel for our children and our partners does not in itself have any value. It has no value at all until it is converted into loving behavior."Each chapter focuses on the values that form a solid platform on which to build a family: Equal dignity, Integrity, Authenticity and Responsibility. This makes family life more meaningful and parents avoid living frantically from conflict to conflict, desperately searching for quick solutions and trying to adapt to the most popular parenting technique of the day.A book full of everyday examples and practical ideas.