The Path to Purpose
How Young People Find Their Calling in Life
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2009
Summary
America’s leading expert on adolescence offers his prescription for instilling a sense of purpose and fulfillment in today’s youth.
Drawing on the revelatory results of a landmark study, William Damon—one of the country’s leading writers on the lives of young people, whose book Greater Expectations won the Parents’ Choice Award—brilliantly investigates the most pressing issue in the lives of youth today: why so many young people are “failing to launch”—living at home longer, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416537243 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416537244 |
| Author: | William Damon |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | The Free Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 229g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
The Path to Purpose is a beautiful and important book. William Damon takes on one of the most hidden and yet important elements of child development today and provides warm insight and clear advice.” – Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys and The Wonder of Girls
“If you are a parent, a teacher, or a policy maker, this is the book to read. Damon socks the crucial problem of our youth – purposelessness – right in the jaw and offers us a way out.” – Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness
“As a leading authority on meaning and moral development, Damon writes a timely and important book on one of our most pressing social issues – how to instill a sense of purpose in the lives of children. Damon gives us a fresh and useful way to look at both education and character development.” – Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and Writing to Change the Worlds
About The Author
William Damon
William Damon, a developmental psychologist, is professor of education and chairman of the Department of Education at Brown University. He is the author of The Moral Child.
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