Why Was Mom So Angry? ... Sandel, Harari, and 23 Scholars Answered

Dr. Yoon Sung-kyung Publishes 'Parent Humanities 23'

A New Perspective Changing Mindsets on Child Education

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Why do parents get angry so often when they become parents, even though they didn’t used to? What is happening to these ‘angry’ moms and dads?

A book that clearly explains this psychological mechanism and is a must-read for new parents has been released.

This book offers a new perspective that changes the mindset toward child education in everyday life by philosophically reflecting on the views of 23 of the most frequently cited scholars in education. Interpreted from this perspective, Parent Humanities 23 (published by Iyagi Gonggan) was recently published.

It was written by Dr. Yoon Sung-kyung, who majored in philosophy of education at Ewha Womans University.

This book is for the ‘angry parents’ who wonder, “Why can’t I communicate with my child at all?” or “Why do I keep getting angry since becoming a parent?” It helps them regain their attitude toward child education through the humanities.

This is not a typical educational guidebook aimed at correcting children’s behavior. The book’s perspective extends to the parents, offering adults a bonus opportunity to reconsider their mindset about education?a gift-like book.

The author states that in child education, it is not the child who should be changed first, but the parents’ consciousness about humanity and life that needs to be examined.

Readers who find solutions to difficult questions such as “Ah, this is why I couldn’t communicate with my child,” “The cause of my anger was not the child but unreasonable beliefs,” and “What I can pass on to my child is not just an apartment” will have fully absorbed this book.

The editor who published this book is also a mother of two. Yoo Ji-seo, CEO of the one-person publishing company Iyagi Gonggan run by a mother, insists on books that deal with both adults and children, living in the present as a ‘responsible editor’ and a mother.

CEO Yoo said that in the fast-changing era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is common to hear that parents must change first. However, the reality that children must prepare for college entrance exams remains unchanged. Parents listen to education experts who emphasize increasing the importance of math and science learning and fostering creativity. Thus, they organize their children’s study schedules, look for academies, and lead daily life while constantly worrying, “Am I doing well in educating my child?”

CEO Yoo introduces Parent Humanities 23 as a book that empathizes with the difficulties and confusion parents face in this era and shares solutions through humanistic reflection.

This book unravels the hidden context of why parents get involved in their children’s lives?even in non-educational ways?if it benefits their children, through keywords such as understanding humanity, society and culture, communication, and changes in the times.

Parent Humanities 23 covers the perspectives of 23 humanists most frequently mentioned in education, including Socrates, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Pierre Bourdieu, John Dewey, Viktor Frankl, William Deresiewicz, Aristotle, Tal Ben-Shahar, Erich Fromm, Martin Buber, Freud, Luan Brizendine, Albert Ellis, Haim Ginott, Yuval Harari, Gilles Deleuze, Martin Heidegger, Sue Klebold, Michael Sandel, and Thich Nhat Hanh?all in one volume.

Author Dr. Yoon Sung-kyung interprets and carefully selects the theories of these 23 humanists as a new perspective to change the mindset toward child education.

The book addresses parents’ questions such as “Who have I been educating my child for until now?” and “Was this method really the best for my child?” by offering the insights of 23 humanists.

This book provides parents with time for reflective thinking to understand themselves and their children. It calmly unfolds the humanistic knowledge and reflections hidden in ordinary daily life, helping parents gain insight into the meaning of their own lives and their children’s.

The author recommends this book as a necessary moment for those exhausted by parenting or who find child education very difficult.

Author Yoon Sung-kyung earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in philosophy of education from Ewha Womans University and began lecturing at Kyungsung University and Dongbusan College in 1999. She has since been a visiting professor at Myongji University’s Future Education Institute, delivering lectures and humanities special lectures for adult learners.

Currently, she is a professor in the gifted education major at Myongji University’s Graduate School of Education and the head professor of the child studies program at the Future Education Institute, where she runs the “Doing Humanities through Film” program.

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