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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, Alison,

The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children / Alison Gopnik. - First Edition. - x, 302 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287) and index.

Introduction: The parent paradoxes -- Against parenting -- The evolution of childhood -- The evolution of love -- Learning through looking -- Learning through listening -- The work of play -- Growing up -- The future and the past : children and technology -- The value of children.

"Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"--

9780374229702 (hardback) 0374229708 (hardback)

2015048667


Developmental psychology.
Child psychology.
Parenting.
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.
Child psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Parenting.

BF713 / .G67 2016 BF713 / .G67 2016

155.4

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