Nurtureshock new thinking about children
Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why...
| Main Author: | Bronson, Po, 1964- |
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| Other Authors: | Merryman, Ashley. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Twelve,
c2009.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness" and accompanying programs don't work, and why siblings really fight. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographic references and index. |
| Physical Description: |
336 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780446504126 0446504122 |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |