My girl friend Mindi Lampert is a mental health counselor. She has just published this book which is filled with notes she received from children expressing their inner most thoughts. It’s a must read for anyone who wants to understand how children think. There are some amazing words under the cover.

Mindi has a Master of Science degree in Counseling. For the past 18 years, she has been counseling children in the Miami Dade County Public Schools. She is a psychotherapist with a private practice for adults, adolescents, and children. She is also a Florida Supreme Certified Court Family Mediator and an Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College where she teaches classes on phychology and student life skills.

The reason why I’m writing about Mindi’s book today is because more and more of my friends are starting to have grandchildren. This book is an eye opener. It’s also a great gift. There is nothing else like it around. 

From The Author 

As I collected, assembled, and compiled this book, even after more than fifteen years of accumulating and reading these notes, there has not been a time when I wasn’t filled with an array of emotions. It’s the difficult and many times gut-wrenching feelings expressed that are the hardest to digest. The honesty of the children’s notes can be most overwhelming to read, especially as parents. There are many books on parenting. This is a different kind of parenting book. I wanted to bring you the voice of the children. This book has, in its most simplistic way, hopefully taught you what children want most from their parents. They want to feel safe, loved, wanted, accepted as they are, and mostly they want your complete and undivided attention, at least some of the time. I also hope that you have a better realization of how smart and deep-thinking elementary-aged children are. They understand much more than you can imagine. They have their own perceptions and beliefs when the family is going through a crisis, even if you don’t tell them anything. They have complicated and prolific minds. They long for an attachment and a connection to you, the people that are supposed to love them the most-their parents. With that richness of safety and love, the possibilities are endless. Lastly, for the thousands of children that will forever have a warm and special place in my heart for sharing their “Elementary Thoughts” with me, I will lovingly remember you always