About this ebook
These are just three of the children who were living at Priut Almus, a childrens shelter in St. Petersburg, Russia, when author Robert Belenky began his visits in 1998. He returned many times during the next ten years. In Tales of Priut Almus he presents his interviews with children and staff as he participates in this humane and innovative shelter unusual in that it focused on preparing children to create and live in a democracy. Finally, we meet Almus founding director, enigmatic man of the theater, Mikhail Markarievich, who provided the courageous vision.
The fifth in a series of books focusing on raising children whose lives have not been easy, Tales of Priut Almus describes how this home has become a monument to the spirited and humane ways to raise children who are in need. Priut Almus is a model of what may be possible for the United States in the realm of education and child care.
About the author
Robert Belenky earned a PhD in clinical psychology from Columbia University and a post doctoral fellowship in Child and Family Psychology at the Judge Baker Child Guidance Clinic. He taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston College, Boston University, Concordia University, and Goddard College. He had a private practice in a wilderness retreat. Belenky lives in Vermont with his wife, Mary.
