The Parents We Mean to Be
How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development
By Richard Weissbourd
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Hardcover, 9780618626175, 241pp.)
Publication Date: March 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (January 0001)
Categories: Developmental - Child, Ethics & Morals
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Description
Harvard psychologist Weissbourd argues incisively that parents--not peers or television--are the primary shapers of their children's moral lives. Weissbourd's ultimately compassionate message is that the intense, crisis-filled, and profoundly joyous process of raising a child can be a powerful force for parents' moral development.











