Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
 

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Md Mate

A psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting issues joins forces with a physician and bestselling author to tackle one of the most disturbing and misunderstood trends of our time -- peers replacing parents in the lives of our children.

Dr. Neufeld has dubbed this phenomenon peer orientation, which refers to the tendency of children and youth to... (read more)

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Banana King
  • Rated 5 stars

I want to share this great book that our neighbor recommended to me. I found it quite afirming about some concerns and challenges we've faced in raising our children. The authors talk about relationships and that children seek closeness to those people that their primary relationship is focused. All goes well when the primary relationship is parents, but when your child become peer focused the net result is that their maturation stops and they are being raised by other children. A very...

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  • Jonny Quest

    jonny quest said:

    The more I read this the more it seams like it's right on the money. I'm interested to read on and see how the book addresses preparing youth for adulthood. I'm curious to see how the authors utilize or negate the theory of positive youth development (PYD) as well.

    posted Monday, June 25 2007
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