Becoming Good Parents An Existential Journey - Mufid James Hannush

Argues That Our Struggle To Become Good Parents Can Help Us To Become Good Persons.becoming Good Parents Goes Beyond A Psychological Understanding Of Parenting To Include A Deeper Explication Of The Philosophical (moral) And Existential (spiritual) Dimensions Of Parenting. It Counters The Contemporary Notion That Parents Can Be Satisfied With Simply Being Good Enough In Their Parenting Practices, Which Encourages A Sense Of Complacency. Through Everyday Examples, Illustrative Use Of Harper Lees Moral Novel To Kill A Mockingbird, And A Reinterpretation Of The Theoretical Viewpoints Of Psychologists Erik Erikson, Heinz Kohut, And Rollo May, Along With Philosophers Iris Murdoch And Michael Gelven, The Author Argues That The Struggle Toward Perfection (goodness) Is A Natural Human Impulse.