How to Raise an American (ePub)
1776 Fun and Easy Tools, Tips, and Activities to Help Your Child Love This Country
(Sprache: Englisch)
Do you love America? Are you proud to call this country your home? Now, what about your kids? You want them to love America as much as you do, but when popular culture tells them it's cooler to bash this country than to love it, how can you teach them to be...
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Do you love America? Are you proud to call this country your home? Now, what about your kids? You want them to love America as much as you do, but when popular culture tells them it's cooler to bash this country than to love it, how can you teach them to be proud and loyal citizens?
As mothers themselves, bestselling author Myrna Blyth and former presidential speechwriter Chriss Winston have struggled with the same dilemma. Shocked by the growing patriotism gap, they set out to create a real-world resource all parents can use to teach their kids about the greatness of America's past, the promise of its future, and the important role each of us plays in this democracy. How to Raise an American shows you how to make patriotism a priority without it becoming a chore for you or your kids.
This practical guide offers tips, games, activities, quizzes, and information you can use to make patriotism part of your family's daily life, including:
- 60-Minute Solutions that easily and seamlessly
instill a love of this country
- Dinner Table Debate topics that will have
the whole family talking
- Road trip ideas that bring America's history to life
- Books and movies that exemplify our shared ideals
- Inspiring stories of American courage, honor, and ingenuity
- Fun and educational ways to celebrate American holidays
like the Fourth of July and Veterans Day
Blyth and Winston consulted prominent historians, academics, military leaders, politicians, au-thors, scholars, film crit ics, and parents around the country to bring you a truly useful guide. Part treatise on patriotism, part American history primer, part civics lesson, this book is the antidote to the virulent America bashing our children hear every day.
Inspiring and practical, How to Raise an American is a must for every patriot—parent and child.
As mothers themselves, bestselling author Myrna Blyth and former presidential speechwriter Chriss Winston have struggled with the same dilemma. Shocked by the growing patriotism gap, they set out to create a real-world resource all parents can use to teach their kids about the greatness of America's past, the promise of its future, and the important role each of us plays in this democracy. How to Raise an American shows you how to make patriotism a priority without it becoming a chore for you or your kids.
This practical guide offers tips, games, activities, quizzes, and information you can use to make patriotism part of your family's daily life, including:
- 60-Minute Solutions that easily and seamlessly
instill a love of this country
- Dinner Table Debate topics that will have
the whole family talking
- Road trip ideas that bring America's history to life
- Books and movies that exemplify our shared ideals
- Inspiring stories of American courage, honor, and ingenuity
- Fun and educational ways to celebrate American holidays
like the Fourth of July and Veterans Day
Blyth and Winston consulted prominent historians, academics, military leaders, politicians, au-thors, scholars, film crit ics, and parents around the country to bring you a truly useful guide. Part treatise on patriotism, part American history primer, part civics lesson, this book is the antidote to the virulent America bashing our children hear every day.
Inspiring and practical, How to Raise an American is a must for every patriot—parent and child.
Autoren-Porträt von Myrna Blyth, Chriss Winston
Myrna Blyth is the bestselling author ofSpin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappinessand Liberalismto the Women
of America. The longtime editor in chief of
Ladies' Home Journal and the founding editor of More magazine, she is now a columnist for National Review Online. Blyth also chairs the President's Commission on White House Fellows and is a member of the Justice Department's National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women. She is married, has two sons, and lives in New York.
Chriss Winston was the first woman to head the White House Office of Speechwriting, serving in that position under President George H. W. Bush. The author of several books and a longtime Washington political communications professional, she was also deputy assistant secretary of labor under President Reagan and later served as a senior official at the U.S. Information Agency. She now heads her own communications consultancy, CorporateWord, and is also a director of the White House Writers Group. Winston lives near Washington, D.C., with her husband and son.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Myrna Blyth , Chriss Winston
- 2007, 320 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: The Crown Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 030739378X
- ISBN-13: 9780307393784
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2007
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