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Ready or Not by Kay S. Hymowitz (1999, Hardcover) 
Ready or Not by Kay S. Hymowitz (1999, Hardcover)

 
Ready or Not by Kay S. Hymowitz (1999, Hardcover)

Publisher: Free Pr
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0684836246
ISBN-13: 9780684836249
Product ID: EPID696380
Description: The author presents her theory that "hands-off parenting" thrusts children into the role of mini-adults who, although sexually and socially mature, have no idea of how to handle the true responsibilities of adulthood.
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Synopsis
The author presents her theory that "hands-off parenting" thrusts children into the role of mini-adults who, although sexually and socially mature, have no idea of how to handle the true responsibilities of adulthood.

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Publication Date:1999-10-01

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Length:336 pages
Height:9.8 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:20.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Is the experience of childhood endangered? A leading voice on social issues offers startling evidence that it may be--unless we can stop treating children as "small adults." In READY OR NOT, Kay S. Hymowitz....[C]harges that child advocates, lawyers, educators, and the media wrongly portray children as innately competent, rational, autonomous, and self-directed. By attributing adult capabilities to children, Hymowitz claims, these "experts" give us a false sense of children's maturity and lead us to neglect the hard task of socializing them.

Industry Reviews
"In general, the facts of family life interest Hymowitz less than theories about it do. There's something to be said for that perspective, since the demographic side of this story--overworked two-career couples, children and adolescents more isolated from adult company than they once were--is by now familiar. But Hymowitz never bothers to acknowledge that theories and doctrines aren't transported whole into homes or schools, and she supplies little in the way of reporting from the field....Still, she has produced a book worth debating. Since reading it, I've been looking at the world through her thesis, detecting evidence for (and against) it in all kinds of cultural phenomena. For any work of social criticism, that's praise indeed."
Talbot

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