The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap

Rosenfeld, Alvin,Wise, Nicole

ISBN 10: 0312263392 / ISBN 13: 9780312263393

Editore: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Codice articolo mon0000616690

Riassunto:

A trenchant analysis of "hyper-parenting" explores the current troubling phenomenon of perfectionism among contemporary parents, reveals where this dangerous notion originated in American culture, and offers suggestions on how to curb it. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Alvin Rosenfeld, M.D. is a greatuate of Cornell and Harvard Medical School, has tought at Harvard and Columbia and has headed the child psychiatry training program at Stanford. Currently he divides his time between private practices in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. Dr. Rosenfeld has written four books and over seventy articles on issues including child abuse, foster care, and psychotherapy. He lives with his wife, a pediatrician, and their three children in Stamford, Connecticut.

Nicole Wise is an award-winning freelance journalist who has written about family life for more than a decade. Her work has been featured in a wide range of national and international publications, including Parents, The New York Times, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. Wise also lives in Stamford with her family.

Robert Coles, M.D., a researcher and professor of psychiatry at Harvard and a Pulitzer Prize winner, has written numerous books and articles on the intellectual and spiritual lives of children.

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Titolo: The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the ...
Casa editrice: St. Martin's Griffin
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Acceptable