![]() ![]() Bronson and Merryman did their homework, talking to many researchers and attending academic conferences. But Bronson and Merryman explain in the introduction that they are using the term nurture shock to refer to “the panic-common among new parents-that the mythical fountain of knowledge is not magically kicking in.” And they warn that the information in the book will deliver a shock, by revealing that “our bedrock assumptions about kids can no longer be counted on.” Somewhat confusingly, the authors also assert that what the subtitle calls “new thinking about children” is actually a “restoration of common sense.”Įach of the 10 chapters focuses on a different topic: praise, sleep, racial attitudes, lying, intelligence testing, sibling conflict, teen rebellion, self-control, aggression and language development. The title evokes Alvin Toffler’s 1970 book Future Shock. ![]() ![]() Three chapters in NurtureShock are adapted from their New York articles. Together, Bronson and Merryman have written about parenting and social science in online columns for Time and Newsweek and in articles for New York magazine. Bronson has written several books on other topics, including the bestselling What Should I Do with My Life?, about career choices. The authors, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, are not researchers themselves. ![]()
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