In defense of childhood : protecting kids' inner wildness

In defense of childhood : protecting kids' inner wildness / Chris Mercogliano.

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 il...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mercogliano, Chris
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Children.
Stress in children.
Child mental health.
Child rearing.
Child development.
Child psychology.
children (people by age group)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Child Rearing.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > General.
Child psychology
Child development
Child mental health
Child rearing
Children
Stress in children
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Table of Contents:
  • The taming of the child
  • Into the corral
  • No work and no play
  • Real play
  • The wildness within
  • The importance of solitude
  • Childhood lost
  • Adulthood arrested
  • Saving inner wildness.

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