A wake-up call for a national crisis in parenting--and a deeply helpful book for those who want to see their own behaviors as Parents with the greatest possible clarity.
Harvard psychologist RichardWeissbourd argues incisively that parents--not peers, not television--are the primary shapers of their children\'s Moral lives.
Weissbourd\'s ultimately compassionate message--based on compelling new research--is that the intense, crisis-filled, and profoundly joyous process of raising a child can be a powerful force for our own Moral development..
Finally, parents\' interactions with coaches and teachers--and coaches\' and teachers\' interactions with children--are critical arenas for nurturing, or eroding, children\'s Moral lives.
Parents\' intense focus on their children\'s happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists.
The suddenly widespread desire of Parents to be closer to their children--a heartening trend in many ways--often undercuts kids\'morality.
Our fixation with being great parents--and our need for our children to reflect that greatness--can actually make them feel ashamed for failing to measure up.
Through the author\'s own original field research, including hundreds of rich, revealing conversations with children, parents, teachers, and coaches, a surprising picture emerges.
And yet, it is parents\' lack of self-awareness and confused priorities that are dangerously undermining children\'s development.
A wake-up call for a national crisis in parenting--and a deeply helpful book for those who want to see their own behaviors as Parents with the greatest possible clarity.
Harvard psychologist RichardWeissbourd argues incisively that parents--not peers, not television--are the primary shapers of their children\'s Moral lives
