Encountering the Self: Transformation & Destiny in the Ninth Year

by Hermann Koepke and Jesse Darrell

Book Overview

It is between the ages of nine and ten that children begin to experience themselves as "I" for the first time--as separate individuals, different from their parents and peers and essentially alone. This inner experience is sometimes precipitated by the child's first encounter with death and the first notion that earthly life is fragile and temporary.

In this insightful book, Koepke offers the reader a lucid, accessible description of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880102799
• ISBN13: 9780880102797
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Steiner Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A real help in understanding our daughter.

We have noticed lately that our soon-to-be 9 year old daughter is changing. Her interests are changing, along with her reactions to some things. Through Waldorf, I had heard about "the nine year change". This book clearly explained what goes on with the nine year old. I liked that it used real-life conversations with parents that gave extremely detailed accounts of what their children were doing, then you have the teacher telling why the child is doing those things, and it made sense!