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magical child
magical child a classic work profoundly questioned the current thinking on childbirth pratices parenting and educating our children . now its daring ideas about how western society is damaging our children and how we can better nurture them and oruselves ring truer than ever . from the very instant of birth says joseph chilton pearce the human child has only one concern to learn all that there is to learn about the world . this planet is the childs playground and nothing should interfere with a childs play . raised this way the magical child is a a happy genius capable of anything equipped to fulfill his amazing potential . p expanding on the ideas of internationally acclaimed child psychologist jean piaget pearce traces the growth of the mind brain from brith to adulthood . he connects the alarming rise in autism hyperkinetic behavior childhood schizophrenia and adolescent suicide to the all too common errors we make in raising and educating our children . then he shows how we can restore the astonishing wealth of creative intelligence that is the brithright of every human being . pearce challenged all our notions about child rearing and in the process challenges us to re examine ourselves . pearces message is simple it is never too late to play for we are all magical children .
paperback plume books 1992 isbn 0452267897
abridged n isbn 13 9780452267893 number of pages 272 publisher penguin group usa release date 62135769600000