Idolising children / Daniel Donahoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donahoo, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child rearing.

Parenting.

Parent and child.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press Ltd, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Obsessed with our own youth and wanting perfect, genius children who live in a world of designer clothes and toys, this title says it's time for us to find new ways of parenting and a new kind of childhood. It asks us to respect children and allow them to experience childhood with all its ups and downs.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction - Child idolising; Chapter 1 - Childhood histories: Images, ideas and myths; Chapter 2 - The Peter Pan syndrome: Struggling to grow up; Chapter 3 - In decline: Birth rates and fertility decisions; Chapter 4 - Childcare: Parents, centres and community; Chapter 5 - The communityas classroom: Educating children to learn; Chapter 6 - Media and children: Improving a poor relationship; Chapter 7 - Marketing children: Pre-teen supermodels and brand imprinting; Chapter 8 - Keeping children safe: Walking to school in a society of strangers

Chapter 9 - The imperfect child: The hypocrisy of our obsessionChapter 10 - When I'm 64: Neglecting the wisdom of age; Conclusion - Honouring, not idolising?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-921410-01-9

OCLC:

476089404