TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hodgkinson,Tom
TI  - The idle parent: why laid-back parents raise happier and healthier kids 
SN  - 1585428000
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
KW  - Child rearing
KW  - Parenting
N1  - Includes index; The Idle Parent manifesto -- Bring back child labor -- Stop the whining -- Seek not perfection, or, Why bad parents are good parents -- The importance of nature -- The more, the merrier -- Down with school -- The myth of toys -- Ban TV, embrace freedom -- Let us sleep -- The power of music and dancing -- End all activities, be wild -- No more family days out -- How to enjoy mealtimes, with some thoughts on manners -- Let animals work for you -- Make stuff from wood and junk -- Say "yes" -- Learn how to live from your kids -- Good books and bad books -- Don't fret about computers, or, Toward a tao of parenting
N2  - Hodgkinson presents a revolutionary yet highly practical approach to child care: leave them alone. He urges us to stop worrying and instead start nurturing the natural instincts toward creativity and independence that are found in every child
ER  -