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The Hurried Child (25th anniversary edition)

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"David Elkind [is] one of psychology's leading lights."—Washington Post



With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring the boundaries of what is age appropriate, by expecting—or imposing—too much too soon, we force our kids to grow up too fast, to mimic adult sophistication while they secretly yearn for time to act their age.


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