![]() Her book includes many examples of these ideas being put into action, backed up by a series of pithy quotes from Neill himself. ![]() Her book about ‘Parenting the Summerhill Way’ is infused with his spirit and ideas, but it is also shot through with the wisdom and the experiences she has gained over the years, both as a mother, and in dealing with children who have come to Summerhill from all over the world.Īs she writes: ‘The very nature of the place, with its freedom and self-regulation and its strong community spirit, has enabled us to learn a lot about raising children.’She offers parents a potent mixture of radical ideas and sensible views about the needs of children – for justice and fairness, for their need for space, for the freedom to play. “For 36 years now Zoë Neill Readhead has been running the internationally known Summerhill School in Suffolk, founded exactly a hundred years ago by her father, the pioneering Scotsman A. ![]()
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