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Author Gross-Loh, Christine.

Title Parenting without borders : surprising lessons parents around the world can teach us / Christine Gross-Loh.

Publication Info. New York : Avery, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  PARENTING J 649.1 GROSS-LOH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  649.1 GRO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  JPS 649.1 GROSS-LOH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  649.1 GRO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  649.1 GRO    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  649.1 GROS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  649.1 GROSS-LOH    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  649.1 GR    Check Shelf
Description 308 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "Research reveals American kids today lag well behind the rest of the world in terms of academic achievement, happiness, and wellness. Meanwhile the battle over whether parents are to blame for fostering a generation of helpless kids rages on. Christine Gross-Loh (who raised her young children in Japan for five years) exposes the hidden, culturally-determined norms we have about good parenting, and asks, are there parenting strategies that other countries are getting right that we are not?"--Amazon.com
Contents The care and feeding of children -- Sleep time -- Buy, buy, baby -- Global food rules -- The raising of children -- Feeling good -- Hoverparenting -- Quality time -- The teaching of children -- High pressure? -- Every child counts -- The character of children -- Raising kindness -- Raising responsibility.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-299) and index.
Subject Parenting -- Cross-cultural studies.
Parenting.
ISBN 9781583334553 hardback
1583334556 hardback
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