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Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents
Oliver James
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Paperback. Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, the author drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JMS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
Professor Robert Plomin, the world's leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: `I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don't have any'. Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory ... Read more
Professor Robert Plomin, the world's leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: `I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don't have any'. Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep down into the childhood causes of our individuality, revealing why our upbringing, not our genes, plays such an important role in our wellbeing and success. The implications are huge: as adults we can change, we can clutch our fates from predetermined destiny, as parents we can radically alter the trajectory ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091947682
SKU
V9780091947682
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Ref
99-39
About Oliver James
Oliver James trained and practised as a child clinical psychologist and, since 1987, has worked as a writer, journalist and television documentary producer and presenter. His books include Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture, the bestselling They F*** You Up and Britain on the Couch, which was also a successful documentary series for Channel 4. He is a trustee of ... Read more
Reviews for Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents
Radical but full of hope ... we really can choose our mental health and that of our children
Steve Biddulph, bestselling author of Raising Boys
the nation's shrink
The Times
James is charting the new frontiers in psychology
Guardian
Steve Biddulph, bestselling author of Raising Boys
the nation's shrink
The Times
James is charting the new frontiers in psychology
Guardian