| Summary: | "The author's study which constitutes this book is significant for two reasons. First, it fills the gap in our knowledge of how the different actors in this complex drama of interpersonal relationships--parents, teachers, mental hygienists, and children--view childish behavior. It shows us what other studies along the same line have not, to date, revealed, namely, the child's side of the story. In the second place, it has emphasized what other studies of children have hinted at but have failed to prove conclusively, the relative importance of parents' and teachers' roles in determining the child's self-concept after he reaches the school age. While written primarily for scientists as a report of a research study made by the author, this book offers much that can be of real value to both parents and teachers. Without reading between the lines, they can see the handwriting on the wall in the form of a warning to stop, look, and listen when dealing with childish behavior which, heretofore, they have automatically labelled as "problem behavior." If it serves the purpose of awakening them to the serious responsibility they have in dealing with such behavior, it will then have made an important contribution to our present knowledge"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
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