| The Political Life of Children Contributor(s): Coles, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871137712 ISBN-13: 9780871137715 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press OUR PRICE: $12.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2000 Annotation: Robert Coles, one of the most eminent child psychiatrists in the world, spent over a decade researching this book and its companion volume, The Moral Life of Children. Coles visits children all over the world, listening with willing ears, and he captures their thoughts and feelings with remarkable sympathy. As Coles demonstrates in this fascinating work, children learn much more than we think they do about political issues. While we have always taken it for granted that parents teach their children about language, religion, and morality, Coles shows how mothers and fathers also instill a strong understanding of political life in their offspring. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent - Psychology | Developmental - Child |
| Dewey: 320.088 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.51" W x 8.2" (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Robert Coles, one of the most eminent child psychiatrists in the world, spent over a decade researching this book and its companion volume, The Moral Life of Children. Coles visits children all over the world, listening with willing ears, and he captures their thoughts and feelings with remarkable sympathy. As Coles demonstrates in this fascinating work, children learn much more than we think they do about political issues. While we have always taken it for granted that parents teach their children about language, religion, and morality, Coles shows how mothers and fathers also instill a strong understanding of political life in their offspring. |