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  Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society

  by William C. Crain

  As our children are pushed harder than ever to perform so that they will one day 'make the grade' in the adult world, parents are beginning to question the wisdom of scheduling childhood's basic pleasures. In Reclaiming Childhood, William Crain argues that rather than trying to control a young child, the best a parent can offer is 'a patient and unobtrusive presence that gives the child the security and the... (more)