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Ginott’s sample translates a child’s statistical question into a personal concern and changes the parent’s answer.
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Haim G. Ginott, Between Parent and Child. Publisher-provided excerpt (chapter title not verified here). Revised and updated edition, copyright 2003; edited by Alice Ginott and H. Wallace Goddard; publisher-authorized excerpt. Research locator: S-00bca884-P005.
Ginott’s sample translates a child’s statistical question into a personal concern and changes the parent’s answer.
Selected passage. Whole-book analysis and longevity comparison remain incomplete. Source is the 2003 revised edition, not the original edition.
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Haim G. Ginott, Between Parent and Child. Publisher-provided excerpt (chapter title not verified here). Revised and updated edition, copyright 2003; edited by Alice Ginott and H. Wallace Goddard; publisher-authorized excerpt. Research locator: S-00bca884-P005.. Exact source words are separate from the editorial annotations on this page.
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Revised and updated edition, copyright 2003; edited by Alice Ginott and H. Wallace Goddard; publisher-authorized excerpt