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NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children

NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children Paperback - 2011

by Merryman, Ashley

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In this groundbreaking collaboration, award-winning science journalists Bronson and Merryman argue that when it comes to children, good intentions have been mistaken for good ideas. They demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring.

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  • Title NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children
  • Author Merryman, Ashley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Twelve, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-01-05
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR003470462
  • ISBN 9780446504133 / 0446504130
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Parenting, Child rearing
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.231

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  • New York Times Book Review, 01/16/2011, Page 20

About the author

Po Bronson is the author of seven books, including What Should I Do with My Life?, a #1 New York Times bestseller with more than ten months on the list. Po has been on Oprah, on every national morning show, and on the cover of five magazines, including Wired and Fast Company. He is Strategy Director at IndieBio. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children. Ashley Merryman's journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, New York, the Washington Post, and many other venues. She lives in Los Angeles.