TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gross-Loh,Christine
TI  - Parenting without borders: surprising lessons parents around the world can teach us 
SN  - 9781583334553
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Avery
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index; The care and feeding of children. Sleep time: Keep our babies close or give them space? -- Buy, buy, baby: Why are we drowning in stuff? -- Global food rules: How parents around the world teach their kids to eat -- The raising of children. Feeling good: Can self-esteem be harmful? -- Hoverparenting: How can we foster self-control -- Quality time: The value of unstructured play -- The teaching of children. High pressure? What Asian learning looks like -- Every child counts: High achieving, the Finnish way -- The character of children. Raising kindness: Cultural notions about raising kids who care -- Raising responsibility: Avoiding the helplessness trap -- Conclusion: It takes a village
N2  - Research reveals American kids today lag well behind the rest of the world in terms of academic achievement, happiness, and wellness. Meanwhile the battle over whether parents are to blame for fostering a generation of helpless kids rages on. Christine Gross-Loh (who raised her young children in Japan for five years) exposes the hidden, culturally determined norms we have about good parenting, and asks, are there parenting strategies that other countries are getting right that we are not?
ER  -