Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
- ISBN-10
- 0061987905
- ISBN-13
- 9780061987908
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-20
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Ellen Galinsky
Description
“Ellen Galinsky—already the go-to person on interaction between families and the workplace—draws on fresh research to explain what we ought to be teaching our children. This is must-reading for everyone who cares about America’s fate in the 21st century.” — Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for The PBS NewsHour Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky (Ask the Children, The Six Stages of Parenthood) presents a book of groundbreaking advice based on the latest research on child development.
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