Early Childhood, Aging, and the Life Cycle: Mapping Common Ground

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In this book, Silin maps the common ground between early childhood and the period sociologists call “young-old age.” Emphasizing the continuities that bind children and adults rather than the differences that traditional developmental psychology claims separate us, he focuses on the themes we all manage across a lifetime. Building on memoir and narrative, Silin argues that when we recognize how the concerns of childhood continue to thread their way through our experience, we look anew at the shape of our lives. This book highlights the powerful generative acts through which people of all ages find new meanings and relationships to compensate for the individual and social losses that mark our lives. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii A Life-Changing Diagnosis: Mapping Common Ground Between Young and Old (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 1-14 The Year of Turning Seventy (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 15-32 Becoming a Nursery School Teacher: What Early Childhood Can Teach Us About the Rest of Life (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 33-52 Learning from Loss: Playing to Move Forward (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 53-73 Landing as an Immigrant: Starting Over at Midlife (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 75-91 If Memory Serves: How and Why I Remember the Difficult Times with Children (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 93-112 What’s Love Got to Do with It: Navigating the Emotional Thicket of the Classroom (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 113-131 Vulnerable Teacher: Spanning Difference in the Classroom (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 133-149 Called to Account: Putting Anxiety to Work (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 151-164 Holding a Space for Hope (Jonathan G. Silin)....Pages 165-176 Back Matter ....Pages 177-186