{"product_id":"the-parents-we-mean-to-be-how-well-intentioned-adults-undermine-childrens-moral-and-emotional-development-9780547248035","title":"The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA wake-up call for a national crisis in parenting--and a deeply helpful book for those who want to see their own behaviors as parents with the greatest possible clarity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd argues incisively that parents--not peers, not television--are the primary shapers of their children's moral lives. And yet, it is parents' lack of self-awareness and confused priorities that are dangerously undermining children's development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the author's own original field research, including hundreds of rich, revealing conversations with children, parents, teachers, and coaches, a surprising picture emerges. Parents' intense focus on their children's happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe suddenly widespread desire of parents to be closer to their children--a heartening trend in many ways--often undercuts kids' morality. Our fixation with being great parents--and our need for our children to reflect that greatness--can actually make them feel ashamed for failing to measure up. Finally, parents' interactions with coaches and teachers--and coaches' and teachers' interactions with children--are critical arenas for nurturing, or eroding, children's moral lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeissbourd's ultimately compassionate message--based on compelling new research--is that the intense, crisis-filled, and profoundly joyous process of raising a child can be a powerful force for our own moral development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547248035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 4.94w x 0.63d","brand":"Richard Weissbourd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916931600565,"sku":"9780547248035","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8408d168-6513-4aea-ad6a-003b19ca192e.jpg?v=1687273997","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-parents-we-mean-to-be-how-well-intentioned-adults-undermine-childrens-moral-and-emotional-development-9780547248035","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}