Harvard
psychologist RichardWeissbourd 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 Through 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.The
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.
Weissbourd'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..
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