{"product_id":"the-gardener-and-the-carpenter-what-the-new-science-of-child-development-tells-us-about-the-relationship-between-parents-and-children-alison-gopnik-paperback","title":"The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us about the Relationship Between Parents and Children -- Alison Gopnik, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's leading child psychologists shatters the myth of good parenting\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call \"parenting\" is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended to create a particular kind of child and therefore a particular kind of adult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Gardener and the Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e, the pioneering developmental psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik argues that the familiar twenty-first-century picture of parents and children is profoundly wrong--it's not just based on bad science, it's bad for kids and parents, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge scientific research into how children learn, Gopnik shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way. Children are designed to be messy and unpredictable, playful and imaginative--and to be very different both from their parents and from each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Gopnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250132253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of psychology and an affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. She is an internationally recognized leader in the study of children's learning and development. She writes the Mind and Matter column for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Baby\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Scientist in the Crib\u003c\/i\u003e. She has three sons and lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, Alvy Ray Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Gopnik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45740021678308,"sku":"9781250132253","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781250132253.jpg?v=1777199208","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-gardener-and-the-carpenter-what-the-new-science-of-child-development-tells-us-about-the-relationship-between-parents-and-children-alison-gopnik-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}