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This book is about ""intentional parenting,"" a values-based concept. It refers to parents being guided by certain principles or values by which they raise their children. The Four Rs of Parenting documents authentic conversations about parenting beliefs and practices the author had with parents, young adults who are not yet parents, and grandparents, referred to as ""elders."" The conversation with all three groups center on the importance of the four Rs-that is, the values of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, and restraint in the process of raising children. Parents and grandparents share their personal stories about raising their children and provide advice to current and future parents about the importance of values-based parenting with a focus on the four Rs. Young adults are by no means shy in sharing their concerns about the behaviors of some of their peers and children in today's world. Above all, all respondents have made a sincere contribution, however small, to improving the lives of children of the twenty-first century, as well as interpersonal relations between and among people of all generations.

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Dr. Carmen Bovell is an early childhood professional, having spent her entire fifty-year career in this field. Her professional experiences include teaching at the preschool, elementary, and university levels and leading and managing early childhood programs at the local and federal levels. Dr. Bovell has also served as a visiting Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Specialist at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, Jamaica, and as Fulbright Specialist at the University of Guyana. Dr. Bovell was born in Guyana, where she attended primary school and high school and graduated with a teacher's diploma from the Guyana Teachers' Training College. She immigrated to the USA in 1969 and continued her professional education, earning a doctorate degree in early childhood special education, with a concentration in social and emotional disorders of preschool-aged children, from the University of Maryland, College Park. Since her retirement from federal service, Dr. Bovell has continued working in her field as an independent consultant, mentor, and coach. Dr. Bovell resides in North Carolina and is the proud mother of three, grandmother of seven, and great-grandmother of one.

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