There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
Author | : Linda Åkeson McGurk |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501143625 |
ISBN-13 | : 150114362X |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "When Swedish-born Linda McGurk moved to small-town Indiana with her American husband to start a family, she quickly realized that her outdoorsy ways were not the norm. In Sweden children play outside all year round, regardless of the weather, and letting young babies nap outside in freezing temperatures is not only common--it is a practice recommended by physicians. In the US, on the other hand, she found that the playgrounds ... were mostly deserted ... Struggling to fit in and to decide what was best for her children, McGurk turned to her own childhood for answers. Could the Scandinavian philosophy of 'there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes' be the key to better lives for her American children?"--