[PDF.97cn] Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood

Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood

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 | #4152687 in Books |  2007-07-31 |  2007-07-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .63 x5.58 x8.42l, | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||7 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| A Book About Prodigies by a Prodigy|By Larry Gowdy|Alissa Quart is an excellent writer of gifted talent, which if for no other reason makes "Hothouse Kids" worth reading. I recommend that the 'Contents' pages are viewed to see what topics are covered (use the "search inside" feature).

Book titles receive different interpretations from different people. From my own p|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Quart's follow-up to Branded shifts her focus from rapacious companies to parents, whose obsession with "creating" or "nurturing" giftedness, she argues, has led to a full-blown transformation of middle-class child

A devastating indictment of the "gifted child" myth

The effort to produce "gifted" children through an exhausting regimen of early (and ever-earlier) training has grown into a troubling national phenomenon. With less free playtime and overwhelming pressure to achieve, the kids are the ones who suffer. Investigative journalist Alissa Quart knows the terrain firsthand, having herself negotiated the gifted-child label. With phenomenal research and sharp ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood   |  Alissa Quart. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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