Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 184
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Trim: 6⅛ x 9¼
978-0-7425-1486-7 • Hardback • June 2003 • $138.00 • (£106.00)
978-0-7425-1487-4 • Paperback • June 2003 • $48.00 • (£37.00)
978-0-585-48303-0 • eBook • June 2003 • $45.50 • (£35.00)
Seamus Carey is assistant professor of philosophy at Manhattan College, with specialties in philosophy of the family and ethics. He is the father of two daughters and one son.
Part 1 I. Parental Wisdom
Chapter 2 The Wonder of Wisdom
Chapter 3 The Habits of Happiness
Chapter 4 An Ontology of Openness
Chapter 5 Listen, Learn, Lead
Chapter 6 Enchantment and the Ethos of Education
Part 7 II. Parental Virtues
Chapter 8 Courage and Compassion
Chapter 9 Integrity
Chapter 10 Discipline
Chapter 11 Higher Love
With intelligence, imagination, and insight, Seamus Carey uses the philosophical tradition to illuminate key personal and moral dimensions of parenting. The Whole Child is a book that will help us think more deeply and love more wisely.
— Roger S. Gottlieb, author of A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and our Planet's Future
Seamus Carey's inspired book on the art of parenting is filled with both mindful insights and real-world truths. The Whole Child is a gift to parents (and their children!).
— James Mustich Jr., president and owner, A Common Reader
Any new endeavor along these lines should be given serious attention and notice.
— Metapsychology Online
Carey brings the full weight of his philosophical training to bear on this project, yet writes with the pen of a poet. His stories have universal resonance and his message is one of hope and healing. I recommend this intelligent and elegant book to all those adults—parents, teachers, and therapists—who have the opportunity to love children and to profoundly shape their humanity.
— Amelio A. D'Onofrio, psychologist and adjunct professor, Fordham University