Po Bronson: Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children October 6, 2009

Nurtureshock is one of the most important books you will read this year. Bronson and [co-author Ashley] Merryman move parenting out of the realm of folklore and into the realm of science and reveal what decades of studies teach us about the complexities of raising happy, healthy, self-motivated kids. As a writer, I was impressed by the prodigious research and keen analysis. As a father, I was consumed with taking notes and exhilarated by all I learned. --Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind.

Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's New York Magazine articles on the science of parenting won the magazine journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as a Clarion Award. Their articles of Time magazine have won the award for outstanding journalism from the Council on Contemporary Families. Prior to collaborating, Bronson authored five books, includes the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do With My Life?

Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets, 800-838-3006, or at independent bookstores, Pegasus (both stores), Pendragon, Moe's, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway's, University Press Bookstore, Walden Pond, Modern Times

Did you know that:
Exposing kids to day-to-day marital conflict may actually be good for them?
Scholars can predict how two siblings interact as grown-ups before the younger sibling is even born? How they do it: they observe how the older sibling plays with her best friend.
Dishonesty, it turns out, may not be an indication of a troubled child at all, but rather a sign of intelligence, social savvy, and an emerging, unique identity?
The more racially diverse a school, the less likely it is that the child will have a close friend of a different race today so is school diversity backfiring?

$10 advance, $12 door.

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