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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
The Hurried Child Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
Author: David Elkind
For the first time in ten years, a fully-revised edition of the classic book on how and why we hurry our children into adulthood. With the first two editions of this landmark work, Dr. David Elkind eloquently called our attention to the dangers of exposing our children to overwhelming pressures, pressures that can lead to a wide range of childho...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780201039672
ISBN-10: 0201039672
Publication Date: 12/1981
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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From the back:
Most of us think of stress as an adult phenomenon. But today's pressures to cope, to succeed, and to win are every bit as taxing - indeed, as dangerous - for children as they are for adults. Unlike the children of the previous generation, who were raised under the dictum of less discipline, the children of the 80's are the hurried children: forced to achieve more and earlier than any other generation; outfitted in designer jeans and a whole array of adult costumes; faced with divorce and single-parent families. Their traditional rites of passage come too early; their fears of failure are constant.
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