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The Parents We Mean to Be
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Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd argues incisively that parentsnot peers, not televisionare the primary shapers of their children's moral lives. And yet, it is parents' lack of self-awareness and confused priorities that are dangerously undermining children's development.
Through the author's own original field research, including hundreds of rich, revealing conversations with children, parents, teachers, and coaches, a surprising picture emerges. Parents' intense focus on their children's happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists.
The suddenly widespread desire of parents to be closer to their childrena heartening trend in many waysoften undercuts kids' morality. Our fixation with being great parentsand our need for our children to reflect that greatnesscan actually make them feel ashamed for failing to measure up. Finally, parents' interactions with coaches and teachersand coaches' and teachers' interactions with childrenare critical arenas for nurturing, or eroding, children's moral lives.
Weissbourd's ultimately compassionate messagebased on compelling new researchis that the intense, crisis-filled, and profoundly joyous process of raising a child can be a powerful force for our own moral development.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2010-09-03
Publication Date:
2010-09-03
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0547248032
ISBN13:
9780547248035
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
324 g
Height:
13.3 cm
Width:
20.3 cm
Thickness:
1.5 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€2,49