Hold on to your kids : why parents need to matter more than peers /

Normal View MARC View ISBD View
by Neufeld, Gordon.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Mate, Gabor. Published by : Ballantine Books, (New York :) Physical details: xvi, 296 p. ; 21 cm. Subject(s): Parent and child. | Parental influences. | Parenting. | Peer pressure in children. | Child development. Year : 2005 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
Location Collection Call Number Status Date Due
Westwood Primary School Parenting Resources 303.3 NEU Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index.

pt. 1. The phenomenon of peer orientation -- 1. Why parents matter more than ever -- 2. Skewed attachments, subverted instincts -- 3. Why we've come undone -- pt. 2. Sabotaged : how peer orientation undermines parenting -- 4. The power to parent is slipping away -- 5. From help to hindrance : when attachment works against us -- 6. Counterwill : why children become disobedient -- 7. The flatlining of culture -- pt. 3. Stuck in immaturity : how peer orientation stunts healthy development -- 8. The dangerous flight from feeling -- 9. Stuck in immaturity -- 10. A legacy of aggression -- 11. The making of bullies and victims -- 12. A sexual turn -- 13. Unteachable students -- pt. 4. How to hold on to our kids (or how to reclaim them) -- 14. Collecting our children -- 15. Preserve the ties that empower -- 16. Discipline that does not divide -- pt. 5. Preventing peer orientation -- 17. Don't court the competition -- 18. Re-create the attachment village -- Glossary.