Books for Parents of Children from 6 months to 18 months: Contemporary Culture

Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson

ISBN 1573223077

This book flies in the face of easy "things just aren't the way they used to be" thinking. Johnson argues that rather than dumbing us down, pop culture provides challenges that actually makes us smarter.

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SETTING LIMITS FOR OUR CHILDREN

How Much Is Enough?: Everything You Need to Know to Steer Clear of Overindulgence and Raise Likeable, Responsible, and Respectful Children by Jean Illsley, Ph.D. Clarke, Connie, Ph.D. Dawson, David, Ph.D. Bredehoft

ISBN 1569244375

This site highly recommends this book. In it the authors offer their findings from research on adults who were overindulged as children and who today don’t know what is not enough, enough, or too much. The authors clarify the definition of overindulgence, and break it into 3 kinds: over-nurturing, giving too much, and too little structure. Advice, stories and strategies help the parent avoid overindulgence or repair the damage caused by overindulgence.

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