The Epidemic : The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children

The Epidemic : The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children

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Book Description
Explains that the parenting methods experts have promoted for the last 30 years have helped to create a nation of children who are detached loners, unable to form meaningful relationships. Provides a map back to sanity and shows how to create the environment necessary for a healthy future.

About the Author
Robert Shaw, M.D., a child and family psychiatrist practicing in Berkeley, California, is the director of the Family Institute of Berkeley. He specialized in child psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and taught at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he trained residents in community psychiatry as the chief of the Family and Children's Mental Health Services for the entire South Bronx. He then directed the Family and Children's Mental Health Services for the city of Berkeley. The father of four grown children, he lives with his wife, Judith, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children,Robert Shaw,Regan Books,006001184X,Adolescent Psychology,Behavior disorders in children,Children with social disabilities,Conduct disorders in children,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family And Child Development,Family/Marriage,Parenting - General,Sociology - Marriage & Family,United States,Family & Relationships / Parenting

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