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Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
Ashley Merryman
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Description for Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
Paperback. What if we told you ..that dishonesty in children is a positive trait that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail ..and it was all true? This book explores logic-defying insights into child development that have far-reaching relevance for us all. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
What if we told you...
that dishonesty in children is a positive trait
that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model
and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail
...and it was all true?
Using a cutting-edge combination of behavioural psychology and neuroscience, award-winning journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman have produced an innovative, counter-intuitive read that will change the way we interact with our children forever.
They demonstrate that for years our best intentions with children have been our worst ideas, using break-through ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091933784
SKU
V9780091933784
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99-10
About Ashley Merryman
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's New York Magazine articles on the science of children have won the magazine journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications. Their articles for Time Magazine have won the award for outstanding journalism from the Council on Contemporary Families. ... Read more
Reviews for Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
An explosive new book... Many of the findings in Nurtureshock are not what we parents expect or want to hear, but we have to hear it
Daily Mail
A wake-up call for parents... the Freakonomics of child-rearing... a fantastic read
Good Morning America
The least touchy-feely [parenting book] ever... hard to put down and easy ... Read more
Daily Mail
A wake-up call for parents... the Freakonomics of child-rearing... a fantastic read
Good Morning America
The least touchy-feely [parenting book] ever... hard to put down and easy ... Read more