{"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":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Weissbourd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Developmental - Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409014218903,"sku":"9780547248035","price":1363.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780547248035.webp?v=1767310917","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-parents-we-mean-to-be-how-well-intentioned-adults-undermine-childrens-moral-and-emotional-development-9780547248035","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}