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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (Revised edition)

Paperback • 1988 • English

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (Revised edition)

By David Elkind

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About the book

Often with the very best intentions, Americans expose their children to overwhelming pressures, pressures that can lead to low self-esteem, to teenage pregnancy, and even to teenage suicide. By blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting—or imposing—too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while secretly yearning for innocence.With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerges as the voice of reason, calling our a...Show more

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ISBN

9780201073973

Published year

1988

Language

English

Original title

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (Revised edition)

Format

Paperback

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