Table of Contents

Part 1 Parent's ways: the meaning of being a mother today, Margli Matthews; the journey of a mother, Gudrun Davy; mother's support groups - the how and why, Welmoed Torenstra; coping alone - a mother's challenge, Trudy Derwig; coping alone - the father as full parent, Steven Briault; role exchange, Robert Sim, Barbara Sim; family relationships - bearing and being, Signe Schaefer; who shall be born? Ernestine Ingenhousz; money in the marriage partnership, Joy Mansfield; job sharing, Kevin McCarthy. Part 2 Family ways: living in real time, John Davy; sleeping and waking, Margret Meyerkort; family meals, Bons Voors; religious life in the family, Bons Voors; why festivals? John Davy - a walk through the year with festivals, Caz Iveson, Easter, another birth, Caz Iveson, Easter with other children, Signe Schaefer, a Whitsuntide question, Bons Voors, the festival of St John, Marieke Anschutz, the festival of Michaelmas, Hanneli Gals, a tired mother's impression of Martinmas, Bons Voors, Advent as a preparation for Christmas, Elizabeth Sheen; birthday parties, Bons Voors. Part 3 Children's ways: the temperaments, Ann Druitt; creative discipline, Margret Meyerkort; special stories for special times, Joan Marcus; a key to the images in fairy tales, Almut Bockemuhl; the hidden treasure in fairy tales, Margret Meyerkort; children's questions, Cecil Harwood; feeding the family, Wendy Cook; illness, Gudrun Davy; a sick child in hospital, Stephanie Westphal; play in illness and health, Jean Evans; thinking about clothes, Margret Meyerkort; be your own tailor! Roswitha Spence. Appendices: references; Rudolf Steiner, John Davy; contributors; bibliography.