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Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but their toys, classrooms, and playgrounds are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades—even centuries—of ideas about good child-rearing versus bad. What is the Good Toy? Is it wooden, plastic, or even digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can our built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle.

This Christian self-help book is based on the teaching of America’s early college presidents who - from the founding of Harvard in 1636 until the early 20th century - inspired the most optimistic, prosperous, and generous society in history. For 300 years, almost every American college was run by a minister or prominent Christian thinker. Although representing many denominations, they collectively developed an enormously popular student seminar on how to find spiritual satisfaction in the larger world beyond home and church.

Join Your Spiritual Big Sister Besties, Sam Harper and Natalie Hunter, as they discuss the ins and outs of navigating life, love, and their spirituality in this material world.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM ACCLAIMED AUTHOR WAYNE DYER In this inspiring book, bestselling author Wayne Dyer draws from various spiritual traditions to help us unplug from the material world and awaken to the divine with. With his trademark wit, wisdom, and humor, bestselling author Wayne Dyer...