Parenting without borders
Subtitle: surprising lessons parents around the world can teach us
By: Christine Gross-Loh
Publisher: Avery
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781583334553
Subjects: Parenting; Cross-cultural studies
Description: "Research reveals American kids today lag well behind the rest of the world in terms of academic achievement, happiness, and wellness. Meanwhile the battle over whether parents are to blame for fostering a generation of helpless kids rages on. Christine Gross-Loh (who raised her young children in Japan for five years) exposes the hidden, culturally-determined norms we have about good parenting, and asks, are there parenting strategies that other countries are getting right that we are not?"--Amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The care and feeding of children; title: Sleep time; title: Buy, buy, baby; title: Global food rules; title: The raising of children; title: Feeling good; title: Hoverparenting; title: Quality time; title: The teaching of children; title: High pressure?; title: Every child counts; title: The character of children; title: Raising kindness; title: Raising responsibility.