A nation of wimps : the high cost of invasive parenting

Marano, Hara Estroff.

Book 2008

There is a mental health crisis on college campuses these days, with alarming numbers of students engaging in self-destructive behaviors like binge drinking and cutting or disconnecting through depression. This is the first book to connect the dots between overparenting and the social crisis of the young. Psychology expert Hara Marano reveals how parental overinvolvement hinders a child's development socially, emotionally, and neurologically. Hot...

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ISBN:

9780767924030

Edition:

First edition

Description:

307 pages

Notes:

Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-298) and index

Contents:

Welcome to the hothouse
Rocking the cradle of class
Parenting to perfection
We're all Jewish mothers now
Cheating childhood
Meet mom and dad, the new hall monitors
From scrutiny to fragility
Crisis on the campus
Arrested development
Born to be stressed
Whose shark tank is it, anyway?
Class dismissed
We didn't get here by rocking the boat
What parents can do for their kids

LCCN:

2007034231

Control Number:

158726

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