Po Bronson

Ashley Merryman

One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, the authors demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, NurtureShock gets to the core of how we grow, learn and live. Released in hardcover in September 2009, NurtureShock remained on the New York Times best seller list for three months, and was one of Amazon's best selling books for 2009. The book has become a worldwide phenomenon with editions published around the world - in fifteen languages, to date. In addition to Bronson and Merryman's writings on praise -- first made famous in New York magazine -- there are nine more equally groundbreaking chapters. Among the topics covered: Why the most brutal person in a child's life is often a sibling, and how a single aspect of their preschool-aged play can determine their relationship as adults. When is it too soon - or too late - to teach a child about race? Children in diverse schools are less likely to have a cross-racial friendship, not more - so is school diversity backfiring? Millions of families are fighting to get their kids into private schools and advanced programs as early as possible. But schools are missing the best kids, 73% of the time - the new neuroscience explains why. Why are kids - even those from the best of homes - still aggressive and cruel? The answer is found in a rethinking of parental conflict, discipline, television's unexpected influence, and social dominance. Parents are desperate to jump-start infants' language skills. Recently, scientists have discovered a series of natural techniques that are astonishing in their efficacy - it's not baby videos, sign language, or even the richness of language exposure. It's nothing you've heard before.

New Thinking About Children

NurtureShock

Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness" and accompanying programs don't work, and why siblings really fight.

new thinking about children

Presents a series of profiles of individuals from around the world who have found meaningful answers to some of life's most difficult questions, explaining how they can serve as examples for others.

The True Story of People who Answered the Ultimate Question

What Should I Do with My Life?

Explores the cutting edge science behind life's triumphs and failures and offers insight from politics, finance, science, sports, and economics to offer advice on gaining a competitive advantage.

The Science of Winning and Losing

Top Dog

Journeys behind the scenes of Silicon Valley to profile some of the colorful inhabitants of this high-tech universe, including David Filo, a co-founder of Yahoo.

The Nudist on the Late Shift

A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.

A Road Map for the Questioner

Decoding the World

A Novel

Bombardiers

The author of What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life? draws on the profound and personal stories of twenty ordinary individuals to explore the complex mysteries of family life, explaining how, after years of conflict, a family can make the transition to a better place, and how to cope with such trials as divorce, death, infidelity, abuse, illness, and money. Reprint.

Understanding, Surviving, and Creating Your Own Family

Why Do I Love These People?

The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest

Chronicle Books Staff

San Francisco Writers Group

712 More Things to Write About

Arvind Gupta

Convergence Book #2

Ein brillanter Forschungsbericht, der unser Denken über Erziehung grundlegend verändern wird Gemessen an der Anzahl der verfügbaren Erziehungsratgeber müsste eigentlich längst eine Generation von Engeln herangewachsen sein. Tatsächlich aber stehen heute Schwierigkeiten und Fehleinschätzungen im Umgang mit Kindern auch bei psychologisch gut informierten Eltern auf der Tagesordnung. Was ist so schwierig an einem Vorgang, von dem wir bislang dachten, er sei "ganz natürlich", eigentlich eine Sache des Instinkts? Die Autoren haben die Erklärung: Unser Instinkt bringt uns dazu, die Kinder vor allem zu beschützen, was aber nicht zwangsläufig dazu führen muss, dass sie sich dadurch zu starken, selbstsicheren und hilfsbereiten Erwachsenen entwickeln. "10 schockierende Wahrheiten über Erziehung" präsentiert neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und stellt so gut wie alles auf den Kopf, was wir über Kindererziehung zu wissen glauben. Warum hat Lob oft den gegenteiligen Effekt? Warum lügen Kinder? Warum kann es auch vorteilhaft sein, als Einzelkind aufzuwachsen? Warum führt frühkindliche Förderung nicht unbedingt dazu, dass Kinder später erfolgreich sind? Und inwiefern zeugt Rebellion im Teenager-Alter eigentlich von Respekt vor den Eltern? Po Bronson und Ashley Merryman legen mit ihrem exzellent geschriebenen Forschungsbericht eines der kühnsten Bücher zum Thema Erziehung vor, das unsere gewohnten Denkmuster und Erfahrungen revolutionieren wird.

was eine Stunde Schlaf mit ADS zu tun hat, warum Sie Ihr Kind besser nicht loben sollten und warum besonders gut gemeinte Erziehung keine "Engel" produziert

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