The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids - Brossura

Levine, Madeline

Brossura

ISBN 10: 006059585X ISBN 13: 9780060595852

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2008

Riassunto

A critical look at America's culture of affluence explores the epidemic of emotional and psychological problems crippling America's privileged youth, identifying parenting practices that hinder self-development and that have contributed to these problems--exemplified by depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and other extreme ailments. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Useful...clear, sensitive...” (Publisher's Weekly)

“In this insightful book, Levine eschews the temptation to dismiss problems of privileged teens as overindulgence.” (Book List)

“[Written] with clarity and understanding of the culture of affluence and its pitfalls for parents.” (Library Journal)

“Fresh and important ideas about parenting in the age of affluence...” (Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia)

“Levine offers chapter after chapter of practical advice for dealing with family problems.” (Connecticut Post Online)

“[Madeline Levine’s] ideas may be uncomfortable for parents to read, but they’re a wonderful wake-up call.” (Bay Area Insider)

“Levine’s book explores some troubling and intriguing issues that certainly are worth pondering and discussing.” (Marin Independent Journal)

“She treats her subjects as well as her subject with compassion and understanding.” (Chicago Tribune)

“...[an] impassioned wake-up call to parents...” (The Gazette (Montreal))

“This book has resonated in affluent communities all over the country. [Levine is] clearly on to something.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

L'autore:

Madeline Levine, PhD, is a clinician, consultant, and educator; the author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Privilege; and a cofounder of Challenge Success, a project of the Stanford School of Education that addresses education reform, student well-being,and parent education. She lives outside San Francisco with her husband and is the proud mother of three grown sons and a newly minted granddaughter.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 006059585X
• ISBN 13: 9780060595852
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 246