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The Hurried Child-25th Anniversary Edition
David Elkind
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Description for The Hurried Child-25th Anniversary Edition
paperback. Looks at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. This book offers parents and teachers alike insight, advice and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 293.
With the first edition of The Hurried Child , David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting- or imposing- too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while secretly yearning for innocence. In the more than two decades since this book first appeared, new generations of parents have inadvertently stepped up the assault on childhood, in the media, in schools, and at ... Read more
With the first edition of The Hurried Child , David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting- or imposing- too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while secretly yearning for innocence. In the more than two decades since this book first appeared, new generations of parents have inadvertently stepped up the assault on childhood, in the media, in schools, and at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
295g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780738210827
SKU
V9780738210827
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About David Elkind
David Elkind, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of a dozen books, including The Hurried Child and All Grown Up and No Place to Go. He lives outside of Boston and on Cape Cod.
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