http://www.nationofwimps.com/ en-US Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:46:35 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Urban Baby weighed in today with a great review of A Nation of Wimps. After running some items from the Wimps Checklist, this is what UB had to say:

"Wake up!" says author Hara Estroff Marano, editor-at-large at Psychology Today and mother of two. Her compelling new book, A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting, investigates how helicopter parenting has hit the mainstream - with adverse effects. (By now everyone has heard stories of parents who go on job interviews with their twenty-something offspring - then call HR to negotiate a raise.)

After delving into the what and how of the issue (parental over-involvement, even with the best intentions, hinders a child's development, socially and emotionally), Marano offers guidance on how to be supportive without being overprotective - and how to prepare kids for the real world.

Don't wimp out.

Available online at amazon.com. ]]> http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/04/compelling.php http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/04/compelling.php helicopter parents parenting wimps Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:46:35 -0500
"I am in the process of reading your book, and I think it is really well written and your information has already helped me become better at parenting.  I thank you for that, and so do my kids.  

"I think the book should come with a highlighter, since there are so many poignant pieces of information."   ]]> http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/04/ohmygod-i-forgot-the-highlight.php http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/04/ohmygod-i-forgot-the-highlight.php parenting Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:34:28 -0500 Children's play has an image problem. People think it's...kid's play. But the importance of play is entirely counterintuitive. Play LOOKS LIKE a waste of time, because it is not goal-directed. And we adults are goal- directed. So we trivialize kids' play. It gets in the way of other things on the way to achievement, a goal we very much want for our kids and are very worried about these days--counterproductively, I believe.  ]]> http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/02/the-value-of-play.php http://www.nationofwimps.com/2008/02/the-value-of-play.php the value of play Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:45:49 -0500