Keeping your kids out front without kicking them from behind : how to nurture high-achieving athletes, scholars, and performing artists
Title:
Keeping your kids out front without kicking them from behind : how to nurture high-achieving athletes, scholars, and performing artists
Author:
Tofler, Ian, 1958-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
xix, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Debating what is best for our children -- From benign to abusive -- Step 1. Evaluate "talent" -- Step 2. Selecting classes, schools, and camps that cater to high-achieving children -- Step 3. Beware abusive instructors -- Step 4. Weigh the cost of sacrifice -- Step 5. Look beyond the talent into the future -- Step 6. Beware the red flags of achievement by proxy distortion -- Step 7. Take a good look at your parenting style.
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ISBN:
9780787952235
Format :
Book
