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The Parents We Mean to Be.(Brief article)(Book review)
In this ardent and persuasive inquiry, Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist, warns that "happiness-besotted" parents do children a disservice by emphasizing personal fulfillment over empathy. (A high-school English teacher laments the difficulty of teaching "King Lear" to students who "can't engage suffering in any way.") Parents worry about their children's confidence, but constant, preemptive praise can turn kids into cynics; studies show that playground bullies (and, later in life, ...
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