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The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children

Gopnik, Alison2016
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Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-orientated labour intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. Drawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way.
Main title:
The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children / Alison Gopnik.
Author:
Gopnik, Alison
Work:
The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2016.
Collation:
x, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847921611 (hbk)1847921612 (hbk)9781473546493 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
305.231 GOP305.231
LC class:
HQ767.9
Language:
English
Subject:
Child developmentParent and childChild CareChild Care
BRN:
311209
Bookmark link:
https://calderdale.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=311209
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