Jesper Juul Libri

Il bambino nasce "competente" e dispone già di nozioni, valori e criteri di valutazione che orientano concretamente la sua esperienza. Comunemente, invece, ci si comporta con lui come se fosse una specie di tabula rasa su cui i genitori devono imprimere le conoscenze necessarie per un regolare sviluppo umano e sociale. Questo modello nega la sua personalità e induce un deleterio stato di insicurezza. Juul invita, invece, a un'attenta osservazione del bambino, considerato non più come soggetto passivo ma, al contrario, come un "centro attivo di competenze": il passo necessario per un atteggiamento dialogico che possa orientarlo verso una costruzione armonica delle sue relazioni con la famiglia e il mondo.

Il bambino nasce "competente" e dispone già di nozioni, valori e criteri di valutazione che orientano concretamente la sua esperienza. Comunemente, invece, ci si comporta con lui come se fosse una specie di tabula rasa su cui i genitori devono imprimere le conoscenze necessarie per un regolare sviluppo umano e sociale. Questo modello nega la sua personalità e induce un deleterio stato di insicurezza. Juul invita, invece, a un'attenta osservazione del bambino, considerato non più come soggetto passivo ma, al contrario, come un "centro attivo di competenze": il passo necessario per un atteggiamento dialogico che possa orientarlo verso una costruzione armonica delle sue relazioni con la famiglia e il mondo.

A family therapist offers a new way of parenting through nurturing respect and dignity between parent and child Jesper Juul argues that today's families are at an exciting crossroad. The authoritarian parenting style based on obedience, conformity, and physical and emotional violence that governed traditional hierarchical families is being transformed. Here he talks about embracing a new set of values, based on the assumption that families must be built not on authoritarian force or democratic tyranny but on dignity and reciprocity between parent and child. He argues that children are competent to express their feelings from birth, and are eager to cooperate as well as assume responsibility for their personal and social behavior; and that parents must work on listening to and learning from children. With plenty of examples from everyday life, the book offers day-to-day skills on how to change negative behavior, redefining the way to look at a child's behavior and the relationship within families.

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.

Jesper Juul examines the constantly evolving tension between rules & fiction in video games. He argues that such games are both a departure from and a development of traditional non-electronic games.

"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 alternatives to 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."--Amazon.com

The author bases his advice on experience and theory of children's interactions with parents.

We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from 2000 to 2010. These new casual games are now played by men and women, young and old. Players need not possess an intimate knowledge of video game history or devote weeks or months to play. At the same time, many players of casual games show a dedication and skill that is anything but casual. In A Casual Revolution, Jesper Juul describes this as a reinvention of video games, and of our image of video game players, and explores what this tells us about the players, the games, and their interaction.