02724nam 2200649Ia 450 991078236980332120230721033026.00-8070-3294-8(CKB)1000000000541973(EBL)3118022(SSID)ssj0000177612(PQKBManifestationID)12020882(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177612(PQKBWorkID)10216878(PQKB)10184499(SSID)ssj0000376664(PQKBManifestationID)11305276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376664(PQKBWorkID)10337023(PQKB)11322482(MiAaPQ)EBC3118022(Au-PeEL)EBL3118022(CaPaEBR)ebr10256092(OCoLC)922967973(EXLCZ)99100000000054197320070727d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of childhood[electronic resource] protecting kids' inner wildness /Chris MercoglianoBoston, MA Beacon Pressc20071 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8070-3287-5 0-8070-3286-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE The Taming of the Child""; ""TWO Into the Corral""; ""THREE No Work and No Play""; ""FOUR Real Play""; ""FIVE The Wildness Within""; ""SIX The Importance of Solitude""; ""SEVEN Childhood Lost""; ""EIGHT Adulthood Arrested""; ""NINE Saving Inner Wildness""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""Lamenting risk-averse parents, over-structured school days, and a lack of playtime and solitude, Mercogliano argues that we are robbing our young people of "that precious, irreplaceable period in their lives that nature has set aside for exploration and innocent discovery," leaving them ill-equipped to face adulthood. The "domestication of childhood" squeezes the adventure out of kids' lives and threatens to smother the spark that animates each child with talents, dreams, and inclinations.--publisher description.ChildrenStress in childrenChild mental healthChild rearingChildren.Stress in children.Child mental health.Child rearing.649.1Mercogliano Chris1545542MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782369803321In defense of childhood3800516UNINA