The nurture assumption
Subtitle: why children turn out the way they do
By: by Judith Rich Harris.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781439101650
Subjects: Child development -- United States; Child rearing -- United States; Nature and nurture -- United States; Children and the environment -- United States
Description: Overview: This groundbreaking book, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times notable pick, rattled the psychological establishment when it was first published in 1998 by claiming that parents have little impact on their children's development. In this tenth anniversary edition of The Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris has updated material throughout and provided a fresh introduction. Combining insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, primatology, and evolutionary biology, she explains how and why the tendency of children to take cues from their peers works to their evolutionary advantage. This electrifying book explodes many of our unquestioned beliefs about children and parents and gives us a radically new view of childhood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.