The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children by Robert Shaw Paperback Book

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Rent The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children

Author: Robert Shaw

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Harpercollins

Published: Oct 2004

Genre: Family & Relationships - Parenting

Retail Price: $14.95

Pages: 257

Synopsis

Take a good look around you: You can't go into stores or restaurants without seeing joyless children screaming, sulking, and resisting their parents -- who try desperately to ignore their unruly offspring. According to esteemed child psychiatrist Robert Shaw, this epidemic has become so much the norm that we often don't even recognize its warning signs. His bold and timely book tells you how to save your child and your family -- with a commonsense approach that cuts to the core of the problem and shows us the cure. The Epidemic covers such important issues as:

Developing your child's ability to loveManaging child care and minimizing the damageRaising cooperative, joyful, and creative childrenPromoting self-esteem and confidence rather than self-centerednessManaging the harmful effects of electronic mediaHealing angry, contemptuous, withdrawn, and out-of-control children

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BookLender review by Nicole on 2009-03-18 18:49:12

A good informational read. Has a lot of information that most of America doesn't know or think about. Helps you look at children/teenagers differently. Sometimes we get so used to kids being disrespectful, that we don't realize that it's so far gone, and that it doesn't have to be that way. Cultural and generational changes happen, we need to study and understand them and not let ourselves and what we know is right, go by the wayside with popular culture.