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Canadian doctors Neufeld and Maté woke up one day to find that their children had become secretive and unreachable. Pining for time with friends, they recoiled or grew hostile around adults. Why? The problem, Neufeld and co-writer Maté suggest, lies in a long-established, though questionable, belief that the earliest possible mastery of the rules of social acceptance leads to success. In a society that values its economy over culture, the book states, the building of strong adult/child attachments gets lost in the shuffle. Multiple play dates, day care, preschool and after school activities groom children to transfer their attachment needs from adults to their peers. They become what the authors call "peer oriented." The result is that they squelch their individuality, curiosity and intelligence to become part of a group whose members attend school less to learn than to socialize. And these same children are bullying, shunning and murdering each other, as well as committing suicide, at increasing rates. The authors' meticulous exploration of the problem can be profoundly troubling. However, their candidness and exposition lead to numerous solutions for reestablishing a caring adult hierarchy. Beautifully written, this terrific, poignant book is already a bestseller in Canada.
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Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
2019, Ebury Publishing
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Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
2019, Penguin Random House
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178504219X 9781785042195
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Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
2013, Knopf Canada
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0307361969 9780307361967
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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
August 15, 2006, Ballantine Books
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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
April 26, 2005, Ballantine Books
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037550821X 9780375508219
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Hold on to your kids: why parents need to matter more than peers
2005, Ballantine Books
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Hold on to your kids: why parents matter
2004, A.A. Knopf Canada
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0676974716 9780676974713
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