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Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child
by
Frank Furedi
Hardly a day goes by without parents being warned of a new threat to their children's well-being. Everything is dangerous: the crib, the babysitter, the school, the supermarket, the park. High-profile campaigns convince parents that their children's health, safety, and development are constantly at risk. Parents are criticized by one child-care expert after another, but ev...more
Paperback, 234 pages
Published
September 28th 2002
by Chicago Review Press
(first published 2001)
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So I got this book at the Dollar Tree, and now I know why it was there! It reminded me of when I was in college and needed to edit a peer's paper. Mind you, a peer who had no idea how to support a thesis statement. I had initially been very excited to start this book, as my husband and I always talk about what "they" say now that we have a new baby. We always question who this magical "they" are recommending this or that. Well, this book does nothing but contradict itself and spout out random st...more
Very interesting and worth reading... Taught me to be skeptical of articles that claim "research shows" parenting affects children in certain ways. Made me feel more confident about being a parent and trusting my own decisions.
I'm not crazy. They ARE trying to scare us to death.
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