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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

text The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children

Gopnik, Alison

Summary
"Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transf... Read more
Contents
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 te... Read more
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Description
x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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East Bay Branch Library 155 GOP in Adult Non-fiction Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) 155 GOP in Adult Non-fiction Available

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