The myth of the spoiled child challenging the conventional wisdom about children and parenting
"Somehow, a set of deeply conservative assumptions about children-- what they're like and how they should be raised-- have congealed into the conventional wisdom in our society. Parents are accused of being both permissive and overprotective, unwilling to set limits and afraid to let their...
| Main Author: | Kohn, Alfie. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Permissive parents, coddled kids, and other reliable bogeymen
- Parenting in perspective
- Overstating overparenting
- Getting hit on the head lessons : motivation, failure, and the outrage over participation trophies
- The underlying values : conditionality, scarcity, and deprivation
- The attack on self-esteem
- Why self-discipline is overrated : a closer look at grit, marshmallows, and control from within
- Raising rebels.