Hothouse Kids

Author: Quart, Alissa

Publisher: Arrow Books

Format:Paperback

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Overview:

Alissa Quart's deeply disturbing account looks at the intensely competitive and frenzied lives of America's children. Traveling the country and talking to scores of parents, teachers, schoolkids and toddlers, she investigates the overhyped world of baby 'edutainment' and 'better baby' early education programs, takes the lid off the world of IQ testing and child competitions, and explores the lives of particular children who have been identified as prodigies - from a four-year-old painter whose works sell for $300,000 to an eight-year-old professional skateboarder who is backed by nine corporate sponsors. And she asks the questions that many parents find themselves asking. Where should parents and teachers draw the line? How do we establish when children are being under-stimulated or over-stretched? And can the hothousing of children lead to irreparable problems later in life?

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