This volume focuses on parents and teachers as adult learners who should be growing and learning along with the children in their care. The author synthesizes the latest theories and research on parent-and adult-child relations and on adult learning and development, focusing on a dynamic process rather than a static role and, on all the social-contextual factors affecting parents, teachers, and children. She provides tools for parents, children, and professionals to think through any issues they face so that everyone's needs are considered in any interaction. This book lays out a theory of what parents and teachers need to care for children and themselves and then shows how to put these theories into practice in grade school through high school. The author uses narratives to demonstrate applications of theory and research from the voices of parents, teachers, and children. She also looks at many schools around the world and from various socioeconomic backgrounds to identify their common and differentiated concerns.