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The world is immensely divided and broken. We have lost the art of having conversations with those who are different from us. While we cannot change the world, we can take small remedial steps starting with our homes and communities. The authorscommunication scholarswith a vast experience of working with parents, teachers and youth engage you in a conversation that is bound to leave a lasting impression on you, your children, and our world. Using critical questions, pragmatic tips and interesting anecdotes, they touch upon the deep divisive issues of our society and provide fascinating ways to use art, technology and media to provide our children with a nurturing community. Bold and provocative at times, this empowering book is your companion in raising a humanist.
Unlearning Together
Unlearning Together
Unlearning is the most difficult kind of learning. Unlearning involves re-examining our daily habits, beliefs and practices, our inherited and acquired baggage. Why is it important to unlearn together and to learn together? Research on social and behavioural change shows that it is very difficult for individuals to accept and practise new behaviours if their communities do not adopt change. The community includes extended family members, neighbours, family friends and neighbourhood organizations. Our extended community circles play a very strong role in keeping us limited to our caste, class, gender and religious roles, and the pressure they create can prevent us from expanding our horizons. The definition of community is fluid because we can have different communities on the ...