The myth of the spoiled child : challenging the conventional wisdom about children and parenting /

Expert Alfie Kohn tackles the misconception that overparenting and overindulgence have produced a generation of entitled children.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kohn, Alfie
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Parenting. Pampered child syndrome. Child rearing. Parent and child. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction; 1. Permissive Parents, Coddled Kids, and Other Reliable Bogeymen; 2. Parenting in Perspective; 3. Overstating Overparenting; 4. Getting Hit on the Head Lessons: Motivation, Failure, and the Outrage Over Participation Trophies; 5. The Underlying Values: Conditonality, Scarcity, and Deprivation; 6. The Attack on Self-Esteem; 7. Why Self-Discipline Is Overrated: A Closer Look at Grit, Marshmallows, and Control from Within; 8. Raising Rebels; Notes; References; Index.