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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mercogliano, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Stress in children.

Child mental health.

Child rearing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Beacon Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE The Taming of the Child""; ""TWO Into the Corral""; ""THREE No Work and No Play""; ""FOUR Real Play""; ""FIVE The Wildness Within""; ""SIX The Importance of Solitude""; ""SEVEN Childhood Lost""; ""EIGHT Adulthood Arrested""; ""NINE Saving Inner Wildness""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8070-3294-8

OCLC:

922967973