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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"--
"Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A leading authority draws on new research to explain why the adolescent years are so developmentally crucial, and what we must do to raise happier, more successful kids. Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. And as world-renowned expert on adolescent psychology Dr. Laurence Steinberg argues, this makes these years the key period in determining individuals' life outcomes, demanding that we change the way we parent, educate, and understand...
Author
Publisher
Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Attachment Bond: Affectional Ties across the Lifespan draws together and evaluates the vast body of research on the causes and consequences of attachment security in infants, growing children, and adults. Conclusions from studies conducted around the globe inform the reader of the impact of relational experiences in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood on the social, emotional, and physical well-being of individuals" -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Both inside and outside of school, children today seldom play and explore without adult supervision, and are afforded few opportunities to control their own lives. The result: anxious, unfocused children who see schooling-- and life-- as a series of hoops to struggle through. Gray argues that we are squelching our children's' natural instincts to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own education.
"In Free...
16) Mapping the moral domain: a contribution of women's thinking to psychological theory and education
Publisher
Center for the Study of Gender, Education, and Human Development, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
xxxix, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Your child's DNA is not destiny; you are at the helm, guiding their course.
The truth is, nature and nurture are in a delicate dance-if one goes too fast, the other one falls. Science tells us that early childhood experiences have the capacity to structure and alter the brain. That means you didn't just supply your child's DNA-you're still shaping it. And it's only by wielding this power that your child will activate their full potential. You are...
Author
Publisher
Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xxiv, 535 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
National Indie Excellence Awards, first prize in the Parenting and Family category Arguing that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without, this groundbreaking study shows that teen confusion and hardships are caused by outmoded systems that were designed to destroy the continuum between childhood and adulthood. Documenting how teens are isolated from adults and are forced to look to their media-dominated peers...
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