Nurtureshock
Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong
Ashley Merryman author Po Bronson author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Published:5th Jan '11
Should be back in stock very soon
Groundbreaking work that will change the way we think about parenting forever
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.
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 scientific studies to prove that our instincts and received wisdom are all wrong. Nurtureshock is the Freakonomics of childhood and adolescence, exploring logic-defying insights into child development that have far-reaching relevance for us all.
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 to take seriously. * A.V. Club,The Onion *
ISBN: 9780091933784
Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 21mm
Weight: 239g
352 pages