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The hurried child : growing up too fast too soon / David Elkind.
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TextPublication details: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1988.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xx, 217 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0201073978
- 9780201073973
- BF723.S75 E44 1988
Contents:
Summary: Charts the baby-boom generation's obsession with raising successful children and the adverse results experienced by youngsters asked to do too much too soon, and offers advice on avoiding this syndrome.
Our hurried children -- Dynamics of hurrying: parents -- Dynamics of hurrying: schools -- Dynamics of hurrying: the media -- Growing up slowly -- Learning to be social -- Hurried children: stressed children -- How children react to stress -- Helping hurried children.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 203-207.
Our hurried children -- Dynamics of hurrying: parents -- Dynamics of hurrying: schools -- Dynamics of hurrying: the media -- Growing up slowly -- Learning to be social -- Hurried children: stressed children -- How children react to stress -- Helping hurried children.
Charts the baby-boom generation's obsession with raising successful children and the adverse results experienced by youngsters asked to do too much too soon, and offers advice on avoiding this syndrome.
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