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In this book the author reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail, and of how to move individual children toward their full potential for success. The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the...
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2017.
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English
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"A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality;...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Through the author's own original field research, a surprising picture of the moral development of children emerges to confirm that parents' intense focus on their children's happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists who feel ashamed when they fail to measure up. He posits that parents' challenge is not to teach morality, but first, "to help children deal with the emotions, such as the fear of being a pariah or a 'loser,...
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
©2006
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English
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"What are Asian parents doing to start their kids on the road to academic excellence at an early age? And what can you do to help your child ace tests strive to achieve, and reach educational goals? In this book, two sisters a doctor and a lawyer whose parents came from Korea to the U.S. with two hundred dollars in their pockets reveal the practices that lead Asian-Americans to academic, professional, and personal success"--Back cover.
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