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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is an odd but helpful book. Its hysterical title is rather inappropriate, in that Taylor has written a measured, reasonable attempt to convince Americans to raise their children as free as possible from the corroding effects of popular culture. His arguments are sound: the values of pop culture promote self-centeredness, a lack of personal responsibility, and a sense of gross entitlement. Parents should combat this relentless assault with a 'value-based' approach to parenting that teaches children about what's really important, what makes life worth living, how to be self-reliant and compassionate, and so on. That's all fine, but the book would be far more convincing if Taylor were willing to state what specific, concrete values he really believes are important to teach, rather than just the vague, platitudinous ones I've named. This lack leaves the book oddly passionless and dry, belying the fiery title. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Children under the age of six spend two hours a day in front of a television or computer screen. Unbelievably, two-thirds of toddlers spend over two hours a day in front of a screen. Why does it matter? Because that child also sees more than twenty thousand commercials a year and absorbs unhealthy values that hurt their development. Dr. Jim Taylor's Your Children Are Under Attack exposes how today's kids are bombarded by the value of popular culture.Advocating greed, blatant sexualityand violence, today's popular culture excites children into a state where more is bought, less is questioned and values are discarded.This groundbreaking work shows parents how to work with children to fight back against this assault. Parents will learn six essential values that are most threatened by popular culture, and how to instill these in ways that are clear, practical and grounded in the real world of twenty-first-century parenting. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.874Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Marriage and Parenting Parenting Experiences of Family CaregiversLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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