The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and...

The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and...
ISBN-10
0374229708
ISBN-13
9780374229702
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
2016-08-09
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Alison Gopnik

Description

"Alison Gopnik, a ... developmental psychologist, [examines] the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"--

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