In The Idle Parent Tom Hodgkinson provides a revolutionary and wholly sensible approach to
childcare based on the idea of D.H. Lawrence and many others that the best thing we can do for
children is to leave them alone.Of course this doesn't mean that we should completely neglect
them but rather that we should provide them with the space and time to grow up self-reliant
confident happy and free. To do so we need to stop worrying and start nurturing the natural
instincts towards creativity and independence in every child. And in so doing we will find
ourselves becoming happier and better parents.This is the perfect guide for anyone grappling
with parenthood and wondering why the existing manuals are so dispiriting.
