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Author Quart, Alissa.

Title Hothouse kids : the dilemma of the gifted child / Alissa Quart.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  305.9 QUA    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  371.95 QUA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.9089 QUART    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  305.9089 QU    Check Shelf
Description 260 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-248) and index.
Contents The Icarus effect -- The baby genius edutainment complex: the new smart baby products -- The educated infant: classes for an improved childhood -- Child's play or child labor? Preprofessional kids -- Gifted and left behind: enrichment in the public schools -- Gurus of giftedness: intelligence testing and talent by other measures -- Extreme parenting: mothers and fathers as the ultimate instructors -- Youth competitors: youth contests for good and for ill -- Children of God: the teen preaching tournaments -- The prodigy hunters: math whiz kids become Wall Street recruits -- Rethinking giftedness: against perfection.
Subject Gifted children -- Social conditions.
Gifted children -- Psychology.
Gifted children -- Education.
Children -- Intelligence levels.
ISBN 1594200955
Standard No. 9781594200953
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