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 insuf...

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Main Author: Bronson, Po, 1964-
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.
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