Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood by Alissa Quart

Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood

Alissa Quart

272 pages 2006

2 editions

nonfiction education psychology informative reflective medium-paced
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A devastating indictment of the "gifted child" myth The effort to produce "gifted" children through an exhausting regimen of early (and ever-earlier) training has grown into a troubling national phenomenon. With less free playtime and overwhelmin...

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