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The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have
by Malcolm Gauld, Laura Gauld
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Scribner (July 22 2003)
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Exceptional Parenting
We are the parents of three school-aged children. We began our professional careers as teachers over twenty years ago and have spent the years since working with hundreds of teenagers and their families.



Book Description

Attitude over aptitude.
Effort over achievement.
Character over talent.

In this groundbreaking book, Laura and Malcolm Gauld draw on their experience as parents and as educators at Hyde — an organization of award-winning schools and programs — to argue persuasively that true education springs not just from seeking good grades and achievements but from reestablishing a commitment to character, attitude, and purpose. Offering a new paradigm for reconnecting education with values, the Gaulds focus attention not on the child, but on the child's primary teacher — the parent.

After explaining how enormous a parent's impact is on how children approach education and life, the Gaulds detail the Hyde program's 10 Priorities for meeting life's challenges so that any family can embrace them. Interspersed throughout are dozens of remarkable stories of Hyde parents and students; their funny, moving, and provocative anecdotes reveal that astonishing results are possible and that all children — and their parents — can exceed expectations and realize their full potential.

About the Author

Malcolm GauldMalcolm Gauld

Malcolm Gauld is the president and chief executive officer of the Hyde Schools, overseeing Hyde's two boarding campuses in Bath, Maine, and Woodstock, Connecticut, and public school initiatives in New Haven, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C..

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Laura GauldLaura Gauld

Laura Gauld directs the Family Education Programs for the Hyde Schools..

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