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Parenting beyond pink & blue : how to raise your kids free of gender stereotypes / Christia Spears Brown, PhD.
Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781607745020 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Ten Speed Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Parenting. Stereotypes (Social psychology) Sex role. Sex differences (Psychology) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | PC 649.1 Bro | 31681010147056 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential. - Baker & Taylor
Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents of infants through middle schoolers on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential. Original. 10,000 first printing. - Blackwell Publishing
A guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.Â
Reliance on Gendered Stereotypes Negatively Impacts Kids
Studies on gender and child development show that, on average, parents talk less to baby boys and are less likely to use numbers when speaking to little girls. Without meaning to, we constantly color-code children, segregating them by gender based on their presumed interests. Our social dependence on these norms has far-reaching effects, such as leading girls to dislike math or increasing aggression in boys.
In this practical guide, developmental psychologist (and mother of two) Christia Spears Brown uses science-based research to show how over-dependence on gender can limit kids, making it harder for them to develop into unique individuals. With a humorous, fresh, and accessible perspective, Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue addresses all the issues that contemporary parents should considerâfrom gender-segregated birthday parties and schools to sports, sexualization, and emotional intelligence. This guide empowers parents to help kids break out of pink and blue boxes to become their authentic selves. - Book News
In this parenting book, Brown presents both research and anecdote regarding the influence of gender stereotypes on children. The first section brings attention to the ubiquity of gender sorting and argues for why it is an important issue and why it is so psychologically tempting. Next, the results of cross-sectional, longitudinal, animal, and neuroscience studies are presented to argue for the relative lack of intrinsic sex differences and point out the particular arenas where self-fulfilling stereotypes run rampant. Part III is the longest, directly addressing parenting challenges associated with gender awareness, including a thorough exploration of the manifestation of gender stereotyping in a variety of contexts, from home to school to other parts of society, and the difficulty in presenting truly gender-blind behavior as parents who are already gender socialized. The primary narrative is supplemented with sidebars discussing special issues and chapters end with lists of "key issues." Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
