The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition by David Elkind - ISBN: 9780738210827
Paperback
In this 25th anniversary edition of his classic parenting guide, Dr. Elkind delivers important new commentary to put a quarter-century of trends and change into perspective for parents today. Includes a new Introduction by the author.

The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition

Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    26 December 2006

Summary

With the first edition of “The Hurried Child,” David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that 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. In the more than two decades since this book first appeared, new generations of parents…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780738210827
ISBN-10:073821082X
Author:David Elkind
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Imprint:Da Capo Press Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:25th
Release Date:26 December 2006
Weight:247g
Dimensions:208mm x 140mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Wall Street Journal, 9⁄4 [The first book to] mourn the loss of play and leisure time [for kids]. Washington Post, 11/5/09 Read The Hurried Child by psychologist David Elkind. It explains the development of children so well and gives such good reasons for slowing them down that you’ll want to give a copy to every parent you know. Washington Post, 3/12/10 To learn more about children and how they grow, read The Hurried Child It s one of the great classics of parenthood. The Jewish Week, 6/23/10 If you want to know more about the harmful effects of micro-managing our children s lives, read The Hurried Child [Elkind s] main theme remains relevant more than 25 years after its initial publishing. “ “Wall Street Journal,” 9⁄4 [The first book to] mourn the loss of play and leisure time [for kids]. “Washington Post,” 11/5/09 Read “The Hurried Child” by psychologist David Elkind. It explains the development of children so well and gives such good reasons for slowing them down that you’ll want to give a copy to every parent you know. “Washington Post,” 3/12/10 To learn more about children and how they grow, read “The Hurried Child” It s one of the great classics of parenthood. “The Jewish Week,” 6/23/10 If you want to know more about the harmful effects of micro-managing our children s lives, read “The Hurried Child” [Elkind s] main theme remains relevant more than 25 years after its initial publishing. “ “Wall Street Journal,” 9⁄4 “[The first book to] mourn the loss of play and leisure time [for kids].” “Washington Post,” 11/5/09 “Read “The Hurried Child” by psychologist David Elkind. It explains the development of children so well and gives such good reasons for slowing them down that you’ll want to give a copy to every parent you know.” “Washington Post,” 3/12/10 “To learn more about children and how they grow, read “The Hurried Child.”..It’s one of the great classics of parenthood.” “The Jewish Week,” 6/23/10 “If you want to know more about the harmful effects of micro-managing our children’s lives, read “The Hurried Child.”..[Elkind’s] main theme remains relevant more than 25 years after its initial publishing.” “Wall Street Journal”, 9⁄4 “[The first book to] mourn the loss of play and leisure time [for kids].”

“Washington Post”, 11/5/09 “Read “The Hurried Child” by psychologist David Elkind. It explains the development of children so well and gives such good reasons for slowing them down that you’ll want to give a copy to every parent you know.”

“Washington Post”, 3/12/10 “To learn more about children and how they grow, read “The Hurried Child”…It’s one of the great classics of parenthood.” “The Jewish Week”, 6/23/10 “If you want to know more about the harmful effects of micro-managing our children’s lives, read “The Hurried Child”…[Elkind’s] main theme remains relevant more than 25 years after its initial publishing.”

About The Author

David Elkind

David Elkind, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University and the author of a dozen books, including The Hurried Child and All Grown Up and No Place to Go. He lives outside of Boston and on Cape Cod.

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