Cotton wool kids: :
O'Malley, Stella,
Cotton wool kids: : what's making Irish parents paranoid? / Stella O'Malley. - Cork : Mercier, 2015. - 288 pages ; 22 cm
Stella O'Malley argues that commercial interests are making Irish parents feel anxious for their children simply to sell them more stuff, when in fact childhood has never been safer: rates of child mortality, injury and sexual abuse are lower now than at any time since records began. She exposes the truth behind the scary stories and gives parents the information and the confidence to free themselves from the treadmill of after-school activities and over-supervision that has become common today.
9781781173206 (pbk.) : £12.50
Parenting--Ireland.
Parenting--Psychological aspects.
Child Care.
HQ755.83
649.109415
Cotton wool kids: : what's making Irish parents paranoid? / Stella O'Malley. - Cork : Mercier, 2015. - 288 pages ; 22 cm
Stella O'Malley argues that commercial interests are making Irish parents feel anxious for their children simply to sell them more stuff, when in fact childhood has never been safer: rates of child mortality, injury and sexual abuse are lower now than at any time since records began. She exposes the truth behind the scary stories and gives parents the information and the confidence to free themselves from the treadmill of after-school activities and over-supervision that has become common today.
9781781173206 (pbk.) : £12.50
Parenting--Ireland.
Parenting--Psychological aspects.
Child Care.
HQ755.83
649.109415