In Defense of Childhood
Subtitle: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: August 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780807032862
Subjects: Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / General; General; Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science; Education; Education / Teaching
Description: Lamenting risk-averse parents, over-structured school days, and a lack of playtime and solitude, Mercogliano argues that we are robbing our young people of "that precious, irreplaceable period in their lives that nature has set aside for exploration and innocent discovery," leaving them ill-equipped to face adulthood. The "domestication of childhood" squeezes the adventure out of kids' lives and threatens to smother the spark that animates each child with talents, dreams, and inclinations.--publisher description.