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

Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness" and accompanying programs don't work, and why siblings really fight.

new thinking about children

Presents a series of profiles of individuals from around the world who have found meaningful answers to some of life's most difficult questions, explaining how they can serve as examples for others.

The True Story of People who Answered the Ultimate Question

What Should I Do with My Life?

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

Journeys behind the scenes of Silicon Valley to profile some of the colorful inhabitants of this high-tech universe, including David Filo, a co-founder of Yahoo.

The Nudist on the Late Shift

A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.

A Road Map for the Questioner

Decoding the World

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

A Novel

Bombardiers

The author of What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life? draws on the profound and personal stories of twenty ordinary individuals to explore the complex mysteries of family life, explaining how, after years of conflict, a family can make the transition to a better place, and how to cope with such trials as divorce, death, infidelity, abuse, illness, and money. Reprint.

Understanding, Surviving, and Creating Your Own Family

Why Do I Love These People?

The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest

The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question

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San Francisco Writers Group

712 More Things to Write About

And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley

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.

Draws on the stories of twenty individuals to explore the mysteries of family life, explaining how, after years of conflict, a family can make the transition to a better place, and how to cope with such trials as divorce, death, abuse, and illness.

Honest and Amazing Stories of Real Families

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do with My Life?, Bombardiers is Po Bronson's first novel, a devastating satire of the business world told through the lens of a crazed and colorful group of salespeople forced to push increasingly absurd financial products.

Dreaming of becoming the next Bill Gates, a Silicon Valley research engineer instead finds himself a pawn in a corporate power game waged by the powers above him. By the author of Bombardiers. Reprint.

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest:

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.

The True Story Of The Greatest Legal Creation Of Wealth In The History Of The World, And The People Making It Happen. Masses Of Entrepreneurs And Tech Wizards, Immigrants And Investors, Dreamers And Visionaries Are Heading West To Seek Their Fortune. Their Mecca Is Silicon Valley - Where One Person Can Achieve So Much With Just Initiative, Talent And A Good Idea. It Is A Mad, Fertile Time In Superachiever Land. Meet David Filo, Co-Founder Of Yahoo And Worth Over $500 Million, Who Still Sleeps Under His Desk One Night A Week. Meet The 26-Year-Old Who Is Already On His Fifth Start-Up Venture. Meet The Man With The Biggest Brain In The World. Meet The Nudist Who Works The Late Shift.

There'S The Family You Come From, And The Family You Create. Po Bronson'S International Bestseller What Should I Do With My Life? Inspired A Generation. For This Remarkable New Book, He Has Travelled The World In Search Of What It Means To Be Part Of Family Life.Over Three Years, Po Bronson Collected The Experiences Of More Than Seven Hundred People, From Families Multi-Cultural And Multi-Generational. Through The Nineteen Individual Stories Told Here, He Begins To Decode The Enigma Of The Thing We Call 'Family'. This Book Tells Of Ordinary People Who Have Rebuilt Their Loves In The Face Of Hardship: An Indian Woman Flees Her Abusive Father And The Marriage Into Which He Forced Her; A Baptist In The Ozark Mountains Tracks Down The Thirteen-Year-Old Son He Abandoned At Birth; A Father Returns To The Rice Village In China Where A Precious Secret Lies Hidden In The Wall Of His Childhood Home; A Protestant Single Mother Of Three And A Divorced Catholic Man In Belfast Evoke The Story Of Romeo And Juliet. What They Have In Common, We Discover, Is Resilience.Through Storytelling That Is Both Artful And Wise, Po Bronson Has Created A Moving And Inspiring Narrative About The Institution Which Is Central To All Our Lives.

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