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The gardener and the carpenter : what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children / Alison Gopnik.

Author/creator Gopnik, Alison author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Edition.
Publication Info New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2016]
Descriptionx, 302 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: The parent paradoxes -- Against parenting -- The evolution of childhood -- The evolution of love -- Learning through looking -- Learning through listening -- The work of play -- Growing up -- The future and the past : children and technology -- The value of children.
Abstract "Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-287) and index.
LCCN 2015048667
ISBN9780374229702 (hardback)
ISBN0374229708 (hardback)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF713 .G67 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold