Po Bronson

Ashley Merryman

One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, the authors demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, NurtureShock gets to the core of how we grow, learn and live. Released in hardcover in September 2009, NurtureShock remained on the New York Times best seller list for three months, and was one of Amazon's best selling books for 2009. The book has become a worldwide phenomenon with editions published around the world - in fifteen languages, to date. In addition to Bronson and Merryman's writings on praise -- first made famous in New York magazine -- there are nine more equally groundbreaking chapters. Among the topics covered: Why the most brutal person in a child's life is often a sibling, and how a single aspect of their preschool-aged play can determine their relationship as adults. When is it too soon - or too late - to teach a child about race? Children in diverse schools are less likely to have a cross-racial friendship, not more - so is school diversity backfiring? Millions of families are fighting to get their kids into private schools and advanced programs as early as possible. But schools are missing the best kids, 73% of the time - the new neuroscience explains why. Why are kids - even those from the best of homes - still aggressive and cruel? The answer is found in a rethinking of parental conflict, discipline, television's unexpected influence, and social dominance. Parents are desperate to jump-start infants' language skills. Recently, scientists have discovered a series of natural techniques that are astonishing in their efficacy - it's not baby videos, sign language, or even the richness of language exposure. It's nothing you've heard before.

New Thinking About Children

NurtureShock

Explores the cutting edge science behind life's triumphs and failures and offers insight from politics, finance, science, sports, and economics to offer advice on gaining a competitive advantage.

The Science of Winning and Losing

Top Dog

What if we told you... that dishonesty in children is a positive trait that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail ...and it was all true? Using a cutting-edge combination of behavioural psychology and neuroscience, award-winning journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman have produced an innovative, counter-intuitive read that will change the way we interact with our children forever. They demonstrate that for years our best intentions with children have been our worst ideas, using break-through scientific studies to prove that our instincts and received wisdom are all wrong. Nurtureshock is the Freakonomics of childhood and adolescence, exploring logic-defying insights into child development that have far-reaching relevance for us all.

Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong

Nurtureshock

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language? NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors' work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children's (and adults') lives.

In this groundbreaking collaboration, award-winning science journalists Bronson and Merryman argue that when it comes to children, good intentions have been mistaken for good ideas. They demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring.

Ein brillanter Forschungsbericht, der unser Denken über Erziehung grundlegend verändern wird Gemessen an der Anzahl der verfügbaren Erziehungsratgeber müsste eigentlich längst eine Generation von Engeln herangewachsen sein. Tatsächlich aber stehen heute Schwierigkeiten und Fehleinschätzungen im Umgang mit Kindern auch bei psychologisch gut informierten Eltern auf der Tagesordnung. Was ist so schwierig an einem Vorgang, von dem wir bislang dachten, er sei "ganz natürlich", eigentlich eine Sache des Instinkts? Die Autoren haben die Erklärung: Unser Instinkt bringt uns dazu, die Kinder vor allem zu beschützen, was aber nicht zwangsläufig dazu führen muss, dass sie sich dadurch zu starken, selbstsicheren und hilfsbereiten Erwachsenen entwickeln. "10 schockierende Wahrheiten über Erziehung" präsentiert neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und stellt so gut wie alles auf den Kopf, was wir über Kindererziehung zu wissen glauben. Warum hat Lob oft den gegenteiligen Effekt? Warum lügen Kinder? Warum kann es auch vorteilhaft sein, als Einzelkind aufzuwachsen? Warum führt frühkindliche Förderung nicht unbedingt dazu, dass Kinder später erfolgreich sind? Und inwiefern zeugt Rebellion im Teenager-Alter eigentlich von Respekt vor den Eltern? Po Bronson und Ashley Merryman legen mit ihrem exzellent geschriebenen Forschungsbericht eines der kühnsten Bücher zum Thema Erziehung vor, das unsere gewohnten Denkmuster und Erfahrungen revolutionieren wird.

was eine Stunde Schlaf mit ADS zu tun hat, warum Sie Ihr Kind besser nicht loben sollten und warum besonders gut gemeinte Erziehung keine "Engel" produziert

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