The Resource The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children, Alison Gopnik
The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children, Alison Gopnik
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The item The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children, Alison Gopnik represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
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- Summary
- Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-orientated labour intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. Drawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 304 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016
- Isbn
- 9781784704537
- Label
- The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children
- Title
- The gardener and the carpenter
- Title remainder
- what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children
- Statement of responsibility
- Alison Gopnik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-orientated labour intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. Drawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gopnik, Alison
- Dewey number
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- 305.2'31
- 305.2'31
- 305.2'31
- 305.2'31
- 305.231
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Child development
- Parent and child
- Child Care
- Label
- The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children, Alison Gopnik
- Note
- Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781784704537
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- x, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784704537
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children, Alison Gopnik
- Note
- Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781784704537
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- x, 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781784704537
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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