TITLE:
The trouble with perfect : how parents can avoid the over-achievement trap and still raise successful children / Elisabeth Guthrie and Kathy Matthews.
Publication Date:
2002
Publication Information:
New York : Broadway Books,
Edition:
1st edition.
Physical Description:
248 p.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
As competitive parenting has been on the rise since the 1980s, so have rates of teen suicide, eating disorders, depression, and drug use. Yet the cycle of "push parenting" doesn’t show signs of slowing down. Our children today are competing with classmates who began listening to Mozart in utero and were enrolled in educational classes at ages two and three. Under these circumstances, parents feel that they cannot afford to opt out, or let their children opt out. What might become of them if they did?
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780767907514
