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Jesper Juul

    Jesper Juul was a Danish family therapist and author, renowned internationally as an authority on the family. He argued that families stand at an exciting crossroads as the destructive values governing traditional hierarchical families—obedience, violence, and conformity—are being transformed. His work delves into the complex dynamics of family relationships and how modern societies shape their evolution. Juul sought to understand and explain the changing nature of family structures and the challenges they present.

    Jesper Juul
    Handmade Pixels
    The Art of Failure
    A casual revolution : reinventing video games and their players
    Your Competent Child
    Here I Am! Who Are You? Resolving Conflicts Between Adults And Children
    Family Life
    • This book captures the essence of modern family life. Much has changed since our own childhoods; "the good old days". Today's parents are challenged by the need to invent their own parenting style. This can only happen from within, based on our personal values and boundaries. Jesper Juul puts it very clearly: "The love we feel for our children and our partners does not in itself have any value. It has no value at all until it is converted into loving behavior." Each chapter focuses on the values that form a solid platform on which to build a family: Equal dignity, Integrity, Authenticity and Responsibility. This makes family life more meaningful and parents avoid living frantically from conflict to conflict, desperately searching for quick solutions and trying to adapt to the most popular parenting technique of the day. A book full of everyday examples and practical ideas.

      Family Life
    • "In this excellent, short and instructive book -- maybe one of Jesper Juul's best -- he explains how to handle yourself as an adult in conflict with children. The many ideas, concepts and practical suggestions apply whether you are a parent or a professional working in the educational system. The title summarizes the essence of true dialogue and through plenty of everyday examples this book provides adults with alternatives to shouting, criticizing and blaming -- while respecting the personal integrity of everyone involved. Jesper Juul shows how to use personal language and thereby develop relationships built on equal dignity. Ultimately, this book helps adults become more authentic so children can be treated as real people."--Amazon.com

      Here I Am! Who Are You? Resolving Conflicts Between Adults And Children
    • Your Competent Child

      • 236 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      4.1(22)Add rating

      The author bases his advice on experience and theory of children's interactions with parents.

      Your Competent Child
    • We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from 2000 to 2010. These new casual games are now played by men and women, young and old. Players need not possess an intimate knowledge of video game history or devote weeks or months to play. At the same time, many players of casual games show a dedication and skill that is anything but casual. In A Casual Revolution, Jesper Juul describes this as a reinvention of video games, and of our image of video game players, and explores what this tells us about the players, the games, and their interaction.

      A casual revolution : reinventing video games and their players
    • The Art of Failure

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them.

      The Art of Failure
    • Handmade Pixels

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(23)Add rating

      An investigation of independent video games-creative, personal, strange, and experimental-and their claims to handcrafted authenticity in a purely digital medium.

      Handmade Pixels
    • Too Much Fun

      The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer

      • 248 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Focusing on the Commodore 64, this book employs a platform studies perspective to explore its significance as the highest-selling computer model in history, according to Guinness World Records. It delves into the cultural, technological, and social impacts of this iconic device, examining how it shaped the computing landscape and influenced generations of users and developers.

      Too Much Fun
    • Jesper Juul, einer der bekanntesten Familientherapeuten Skandinaviens und Helle Jensen zeigen, warum wir ein grundlegend neues Verständnis von Erziehung brauchen und wie dieses aussehen kann. Die Qualität der Beziehung zu den uns anvertrauten Kindern entscheidet maßgeblich darüber, ob Erziehung und Schule gelingen. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen belegen die Autoren, dass die alte Gehorsamskultur in Schulen und Familien längst ausgedient hat. Sie zeigen, wie wirkliche Alternativen aussehen und was Verantwortung in der Erziehung bedeutet. Anschaulich führen die Autoren aufgrund ihrer jahrzehntelangen Erfahrung alle, die mit Kindern zu tun haben, zu einem Mehr an Beziehungskompetenz – dem Grundbaustein einer neuen pädagogischen Kultur. »Juul ist eine Lichtgestalt der modernen Pädagogik. Im Unterschied zu vielen Kollegen betont er nicht die Schwierigkeiten, sondern die Ressourcen der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung. Der selbstquälerischen Suche nach Schuld setzt er einen gelassenen Optimismus entgegen.« Der SPIEGEL

      Vom Gehorsam zur Verantwortung
    • Reguły i granice to stały element życia rodzinnego. Rodzice poznają granice tego, co dla nich akceptowalne, kiedy zderzają się z pragnieniami i potrzebami swoich dzieci. Jesper Juul nazywa to prezentem, jaki dorośli dostają od dzieci. Dzięki temu mogą dowiedzieć się, co jest dla nich ważne, oraz podjąć naukę budowania dobrych relacji. Proces poznawania oraz adekwatnego komunikowania własnych granic może trwać wiele lat. Jednak jest to proces obustronny, ponieważ równie ważne są granice, jakie dzieci wyznaczają wokół siebie. Język, w którym to robią, nie zawsze jest łatwy do odczytania, więc rodzice muszą dziecięcy przekaz odpowiednio zrozumieć i respektować, jeśli chcą, aby ich własne granice także były respektowane. Wzajemna nauka wyznaczania i komunikowania granic wymaga autentycznej relacji, w której dorośli otwarcie mówią o swoich potrzebach, ale także zostawiają przestrzeń na pragnienia i potrzeby dziecka. Ważna jest również odpowiedzialność rodziców za to, aby ten obustronny proces uczenia się nie zamienił się w serię destrukcyjnych konfliktów.

      O granicach. Kompetentne relacje z dzieckiem