Bibliograph

What happens to our kids when we fail to grow up?, Maggie Hamilton

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What happens to our kids when we fail to grow up?, Maggie Hamilton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What happens to our kids when we fail to grow up?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Maggie Hamilton

Summary

When did we stop wanting to grow up? Why are we reaching out less and complaining more? What has sparked our growing skittishness at everyday annoyances, and what's behind our frequent talk of 'special' and 'deserving'? What Happens to Our Kids When We Fail to Grow Up? by bestselling author Maggie Hamilton, explains how to recognise when the child in us comes out to play, from wanting to be rescued all the time to relying on others to do the heavy lifting. With clear-eyed analysis, Hamilton provides insightful ideas and practical tools to make us less escapist and more resilient, and to better prime our kids for health, happiness and independence in this complex world

Table Of Contents

In need of more grit? -- Forever young -- Peter Pan and his Lost Boys -- We don't know what we don't know -- Our need to be noticed -- What happened to childhood? -- Special snowflakes -- The child/adolescent up close -- Living in La La Land -- Great expectations -- When work isn't working -- Grandiose plans -- Win at all costs -- Driven to short cuts -- Our blame culture -- Where are the grown-ups? -- Toxic happiness -- Believe it and it's yours -- News and infotainment -- Fragile truths -- Careless -- Our constant need to escape -- What does grown up look like? -- The small question of death -- Where to from here?

Target audience

adult

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