The epidemic : the rot of American culture, absentee and permissive parenting, and the resultant plague of joyless, selfish children / Robert Shaw with Stephanie Wood.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243).
Contents
Introduction: Waking Up! ix -- 1. Stricken Children, Stricken Families 1 -- 2. Teaching Your Child to Love 25 -- 3. Starting Down the Right Path 49 -- 4. The Truth and Consequences of Child Care 77 -- 5. Whose House Is This Anyway? 103 -- 6. Raising Moral Children in a Valueless World 133 -- 7. Don't Touch That Dial! 161 -- 8. Who Stole My Childhood? 193 -- 9. Out of Contact, Out of Control 209 -- Afterword: What Every Parent Needs to Know 231 -- Staying in Touch 239.
Summary
Argues that modern parents have gradually adopted attitudes and practices that result in joyless, selfish, and sometimes dangerously alienated children, and tells parents what they need to do to reverse the trend.