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The parents we mean to be : how well-intentioned adults undermine children's moral and emotional development /

Weissbourd, Rick.

The parents we mean to be : how well-intentioned adults undermine children's moral and emotional development / Richard Weissbourd. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. - xii, 241 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index.

Helping children manage destructive emotions -- Promoting happiness and morality -- The real danger in the achievement craze -- When being close to children backfires -- Moral adults : moral children -- The real moral power of schools -- The morally mature sports parent -- Cultivating mature idealism in young people -- Key moral strengths of children across race and culture.

9780618626175 0618626174

2008036766


Child rearing.
Parent and child.
Moral development.

HQ772 / .W365 2009

649/.7

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