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A01=Stella O'Malley
Author_Stella O'Malley
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-VF
COP=Ireland
Discount=15
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
HMM=215
IMPN=The Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN13=9781781173206
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20150213
POP=Cork
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=The Mercier Press Ltd
Subject=Family & Health
WMM=135

Cotton Wool Kids: What''s Making Irish Parents Paranoid?

Paperback | English

By (author): Stella O'Malley

What has happened to Irish childhood? Parents are keeping their children indoors for fear of predators lurking around every corner and children are spending their days in front of screens or in supervised activities, over-controlled and growing steadily fatter and more unhappy. But it doesn''t have to be like this. Commercial interests ensure parents feel anxious and filled with fear simply to sell them more stuff, when in fact childhood has never been safer; the rates of child mortality, injury and sexual abuse are lower today than at any time since records began. Cotton Wool Kids exposes the truth behind the scary stories and gives parents the information and the confidence to free themselves from the the treadmill of after-school activities and over-supervision that has become common today. The author provides parents with strategies to learn how to handle the relentless pressure from society and the media to provide a ''perfect'' childhood and instead to raise their children with a more relaxed and joyful approach, more in touch with the outdoors and the community around them. See more
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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dimensions: 135 x 215mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Feb 2015
  • Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: Cork, Ireland
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781781173206
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