Parents We Mean to Be : How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Childrens Moral and Emotional Development

English

ISBN: 0547248032

EAN: 9780547248035

Category: Family & Relationships / Parenting / General/Family & Relationships / Ethics & Morals/Family & Relationships / Parenting / Child Rearing/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Release Date: 11/23/2011

Synopsis: In The Parents We Mean to Be, Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd argues incisively that parents-not peers, not television-are the primary shapers of their childrens moral lives. His original field research reveals surprising, real threats to childrens moral and emotional development. Parents intense focus on childrens happiness and parental obsession with achievement has eroded their influence as moral mentors. The widespread desire of parents to be closer to their children-a wonderful trend in many respects-can also imperil childrens moral growth.

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Parents We Mean to Be : How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Childrens Moral and Emotional Development

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Format: Paperback

Height: 0.5 inches

Width: 5.31 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 8.32 oz

Pages: 256