The Parents Tao Te Ching, William Martin
The Parents Tao Te Ching, William Martin
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The Parent's Tao Te Ching
Ancient Advice for Modern Parents

Author: William Martin

Narrator: Mike Fraser

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2024

Synopsis

Classic Taoist wisdom applied to the world of parenting, guiding mothers and fathers to meaningful conversations and relationships with their children. William C. Martin has freshly reinterpreted the Tao Te Ching to speak directly and clearly to the most difficult of modern tasks — parenting. With its combination of free verse and judicious advice, The Parent's Tao Te Ching addresses the great themes that permeate the Tao and that support loving parent- child relationships: responding without judgment, emulating natural processes, and balancing between doing and being. A masterpiece. William Martin captures the essence of what it means to raise a child. Urgently needed, this precious book lifts parenting to new heights.-- Judy Ford, author of Wonderful Ways to Love a Child and Wonderful Ways to Be a Family. This title is skillfully narrated by Mike Fraser, a listener favorite. Listeners of Parent's Tao Te Ching may also enjoy the audio editions of Couple's Tao Te Ching and Sage's Tao Te Ching, also narrated by Mike Fraser. This audiobook includes a selection of brief teachings from the author. Listeners can learn more at williammartin.org. ©1999 William Martin. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

About William Martin

William Martin has written seven novels, an award-winning PBS documentary, and a horror movie now considered a cult classic. He is best known, however, for his historical fiction, which has chronicled the history of Boston, New England, and the nation. His first novel, Back Bay, spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. His subsequent novels, including Harvard Yard, Citizen Washington, Annapolis, and Cape Cod, have established him, in the words of Publishers Weekly, as a “storyteller whose smoothness matches his ambition.” There are now more than three million copies of his books in print. Martin was the recipient of the 2005 New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to an author whose “body of work stands as a significant contribution to the culture of the region.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Badlydone on February 26, 2011

As a general rule, I avoid books on parenting. I stocked up my shelves with (and actually read) various parenting books before my oldest son was born, but later found that they did little but take up valuable shelf space. That said, this is the only book on parenting that I will wholeheartedly recom......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on January 06, 2016

This was enjoyable to read, as poetry. As for it being solid parenting advice, it's more ... pleasantly worded, New Age aphorisms. I did take a few reminders from it, namely to not invest my own identity in my kids, and to let my life teach more than my words. The parenting style the writer advocate......more

Goodreads review by Beth on February 06, 2017

I don't think I'll ever be truly finished with this one. I keep it close and pull it out whenever I'm in need.......more

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