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"The tangled, treacherous lives of today’s children make teaching a more difficult, more demanding job than it has ever been. Handle with Care reminds us of that, offering insights that look beneath the daily struggle and strife of the schoolroom into the resilient spirit of the child’s heart and its deeply hidden needs."
–Lois Lowry, author of the Newbery Medal winners,
Number the Stars and The Giver"Richard Bromfield expertly peels away layer after layer of preconceptions about how children think and what they want, and what secrets they carry with them to the classroom."
–Beth Kephart, author of the National Book Award Finalist, A Slant of Sun and Into the Tangle of Friendship
"A moving and sensitive account of the inner world of teachers and children in schools and the vital connection between them. This book will help teachers and parents to understand each others’ deep concerns."
–Professor Ellen Winner, Boston College,
and author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
"Vividly engaging yet profound. With compassion and insight Handle with Care confirms and celebrates teachers and their experience. Its wisdom will touch educators, parents, and anyone committed to the care of children."
–Joan Brégy, classroom teacher
Offering a window to the public and private world of the classroom, Harvard Medical School psychologist Richard Bromfield reveals the feelings and motives, fears and joys, the short-sightedness and grand vision, that both children and their teachers bring to school. Touching and insightful, this thoughtful book explores the complex–and sometimes confusing–ways in which the hearts, minds, and psyches of children and teachers (and even parents) mesh, clash, and do everything in between.
