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Author Acosta, Rina Mae, author.

Title The happiest kids in the world : how Dutch parents help their kids (and themselves) by doing less / Rina Mae Acosta, Michele Hutchison.

Publication Info. New York : Experiment, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  649.1 ACOSTA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Parent Collection  J PS 649.64 ACOSTA    DUE 05-08-24
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J PARENT 649.1 ACO    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J-P PARENTING ACO    Check Shelf
Description 245 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Discovering Dutchland -- Mothering the mother -- The real happiest babies on the block -- Joyful illiterate pre-schoolers -- Stress-free schooling -- On discipline -- Biking through the rain -- A childhood of freedom -- The simple life -- Happy parents have happy kids -- It's all about the hagelslag -- Let's talk about sex -- Dutch teenagers don't rebel -- Conclusion: let's start a revolution -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
Summary Would parents rather their children be successful or happy? Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel -- often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this way? Not in the Netherlands! Expats Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison -- both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in the Netherlands --examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent children.
Subject Child rearing -- Netherlands.
Parent and child -- Netherlands.
Child rearing. (OCoLC)fst00854588
Parent and child. (OCoLC)fst01053308
Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
Added Author Hutchison, Michele, author.
ISBN 9781615193905 (paperback)
1615193901 (paperback)
9781615193912 (ebook)
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