Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting
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Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting
Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting

Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting

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Carl Honore (Author)  

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'Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail' SUNDAY TIMES A revealing portrait of how families are struggling to cope with the changing world of parenting and childhood, plus new solutions The parent screaming from the touchline at an eight-year-old to make an overlapping run; the pregnant mother playing Mozart to her unborn baby; the rigid schedule for babies, which develops into an agenda of activities for a young child - all these are familiar instances of hyper-parenting. With the pressure growing all the time for children to get into the best schools and universities, or to develop their nascent talents and become the next Tiger Woods or Williams sister, it has never been more difficult to be a child. In Carl Honore's brilliant follow-up to IN PRAISE OF SLOW he makes an impassioned call for parents and teachers to allow children to grow up at a slower rate. He takes us on a journey round the world in search of a new formula for parenting and childhood. He talks to a range of experts and sifts through the latest research to find what problems parents, teachers and children face, and to seek out the best solutions. Honore shows how 'slow parenting' will benefit both the child and the parents, and ensure that we create happier children and calmer parents.
Carl Honore was born in Edinburgh in 1967 and raised in Canada, and is a freelance journalist based in London. He has written for the Economist, Observer, National Post and the Houston Chronicle. His first book, IN PRAISE OF SLOW, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
  • Contributor: Carl Honore
  • Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • ISBN13: 9780752879765
  • Number of Pages: 304
  • Packaged Dimensions: 133x196x24mm
  • Packaged Weight: 266
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Release Date: 2009-02-19
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Carl Honore was born in Edinburgh in 1967 and raised in Canada, and is a freelance journalist based in London. He has written for the Economist, Observer, National Post and the Houston Chronicle. His first book, IN PRAISE OF SLOW, was a Sunday Times bestseller.

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