Parenting beyond pink & blue : how to raise your kids free of gender stereotypes / Christia Spears Brown, PhD.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 160774502X (pbk.)
- 9781607745020 (pbk.)
- Parenting beyond pink and blue
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 649.1 B877 | Available | Water damage noted | 33111007544683 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.
Reliance on Gendered Stereotypes Negatively Impacts Kids
Studies on gender and child development show that, on average, parents talk less to baby boys and are less likely to use numbers when speaking to little girls. Without meaning to, we constantly color-code children, segregating them by gender based on their presumed interests. Our social dependence on these norms has far-reaching effects, such as leading girls to dislike math or increasing aggression in boys.
In this practical guide, developmental psychologist (and mother of two) Christia Spears Brown uses science-based research to show how over-dependence on gender can limit kids, making it harder for them to develop into unique individuals. With a humorous, fresh, and accessible perspective, Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue addresses all the issues that contemporary parents should consider-from gender-segregated birthday parties and schools to sports, sexualization, and emotional intelligence. This guide empowers parents to help kids break out of pinkand blue boxes to become their authentic selves.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-219) and index.
Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential.