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Title:
Hold on to your kids : why parents need to matter more than peers
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Edition:
Vintage Canada ed.
Publication Information:
Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2013, c2004.
Physical Description:
xvi, 332 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780307361967
Abstract:
A guide for parents to combat what the author terms 'peer orientation' in order for children to follow parental advice over that of their peers.
General Note:
"New chapters on raising children in a digital world."
Contents:
The phenomenon of peer orientation. Why parents matter more than ever ; Skewed attachments, subverted instincts ; Why we've come undone -- Sabotaged : how peer orientation underminds parenting. The power to parent is slipping away ; From help to hindrance : when attachment works against us ; Counterwill : why children become disobedient ; The flatlining of culture -- Stuck in immaturity : how peer orientation stunts healthy development. The dangerous flight from feeling ; Stuck in immaturity ; A legacy of aggression ; The making of bullies and victims ; A sexual turn ; Unteachable students -- How to hold on to our kids (or how to reclaim them). Collecting our children ; Preserve the ties that empower ; Discipline that does not divide -- Preventing peer orientation. Don't court the competition ; Re-create the attachment village -- A postscript for the digital age. The digital revolution bent out of shape ; A matter of timing.
Language:
English
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