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Dorothy Nolte, columnist wrote acclaimed poem
Los Angeles --- Dorothy Law Nolte, 81, whose poem crafted on deadline for a Torrance, Calif., newspaper in 1954 became --- without her knowledge --- a child-rearing anthem that parents posted on refrigerators worldwide, died Sunday.
"Children Learn What They Live," originally written to fill Ms. Nolte's weekly family advice column in the now-defunct Torrance Herald, has been reprinted in 30 languages and probably appeared more than a few times in "Dear Abby."
Until Ms. Nolte decided to claim ownership of the poem by basing a 1998 book on it, she never earned a dime from the work often credited to "anonymous." She also hadn't realized it was so revered.
The book, "Children Learn What They Live," devotes a chapter to each line of the poem and is filled with examples of positive teaching.
The book has been reprinted in 19 countries and 18 languages.
"Teenagers Learn What They Live" followed in 2002 in a similar format. The first chapter of the book is titled: "If teenagers live with pressure, they learn to be stressed."
© 2005 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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