What we often take to be family values--the work ethic, honesty, clean living, marital fidelity, and individual responsibility--are in fact social, religious, or cultural values. To be sure, these values are transmitted by parents to their children and are familial in that sense. They do not, however, originate within the family. It is the value of close relationships with other family members, and the importance of these bonds relative to other needs.
We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood. - David Elkind
We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood.
- David Elkind
Many older wealthy families have learned to instill a sense of public service in their offspring. But newly affluent middle-classparents have not acq… - David Elkind
Many older wealthy families have learned to instill a sense of public service in their offspring. But newly affluent middle-classparents have not acq…
The shift from the perception of the child as innocent to the perception of the child as competent has greatly increased the demands on contemporary … - David Elkind
The shift from the perception of the child as innocent to the perception of the child as competent has greatly increased the demands on contemporary …
The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly age is wrong. … - David Elkind
The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly age is wrong. …
Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed b… - David Elkind
Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed b…
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do math. They are expendi… - David Elkind
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do math. They are expendi…
Certainly, young children can begin to practice making letters and numbers and solving problems, but this should be done without workbooks. Young chi… - David Elkind
Certainly, young children can begin to practice making letters and numbers and solving problems, but this should be done without workbooks. Young chi…
Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotiona l development at all ages. This is especially true … - David Elkind
Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotiona l development at all ages. This is especially true …
Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning. - David Elkind
Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning.
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