{"product_id":"the-gardener-and-the-carpenter-what-the-new-science-of-child-development-tells-us-about-the-relationship-between-parents-and-children-9781250132253","title":"The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us about the Relationship Between Parents and Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's leading child psychologists shatters the myth of good parenting\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call \"parenting\" is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Gardener and the Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e, the pioneering developmental psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik argues that the familiar twenty-first-century picture of parents and children is profoundly wrong--it's not just based on bad science, it's bad for kids and parents, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way. Children are designed to be messy and unpredictable, playful and imaginative--and to be very different both from their parents and from each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250132253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Alison Gopnik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648619311260,"sku":"9781250132253","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c72c7297-fc9d-4d98-b2f2-4fa7402d8d44.jpg?v=1603870560","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gardener-and-the-carpenter-what-the-new-science-of-child-development-tells-us-about-the-relationship-between-parents-and-children-9781250132253","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}