Eda LeShan (June 6, 1922 – March 3, 2002) was an American

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, television host,

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, educator, and

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. She was a "voice of respect for the inherent integrity of children." LeShan was married to

Lawrence LeShan Lawrence LeShan (September 8, 1920 – November 9, 2020) was an American psychologist, educator, and the author of the best-selling ''How to Meditate'' (1974) a practical guide to meditation.Fields, Tracy. (1995)Cancer Patients Call On Mind To He ...

, an American psychologist and writer. She was the host of ''How Do Your Children Grow?'' on

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in the 1970s.

Views

Education is in danger of becoming a religion based on fear; its doctrine is to compete. Our children are being led to believe that they are doomed to failure in a world which has room only for those at the top ... in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.

Selected books

* ''When Your Child Drives You Crazy'' * ''The Conspiracy Against Childhood'' * ''It's Better to be Over the Hill than Under It''.

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