{"product_id":"how-to-raise-kids-who-arent-assholes-9781472288783","title":"How to Raise Kids Who Arent Assholes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise Kids Who Aren''t Assholes\u003c\/i\u003e  is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based)  guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind,  generous, confident, independent, and resilient people . . . who just might  save the world one day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an award-winning science  journalist, Melinda Wenner Moyer was regularly asked to investigate and  address all kinds of parenting questions: how to potty train, when and  whether to get vaccines, and how to help kids sleep through the night.  But as Melinda''s children grew, she found that one huge area was ignored  in the realm of parenting advice: how do we make sure our kids don''t  grow up to be assholes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn social media, in the news, and from  the highest levels of government, kids are increasingly getting the  message that being selfish, obnoxious and cruel is okay. Hate crimes  among children and teens are rising, while compassion among t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrucial, timely, and wise. This is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e parenting handbook for raising the next generation.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Carla Naumburg, PhD, author of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids *\u003cbr\u003eIt's one thing to say you don't want your kid to be an asshole. This book gives you data-driven, research-based tools to actually achieve it. -- Emily Oster, PhD, author of Cribsheet and Expecting Better\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoyer, a science journalist and parenting columnist, decided to go through the research and ended up writing a book with the pleasing title \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes\u003c\/i\u003e. In the vast realm of parenting advice, there was plenty on diet, sleep and how to turn your child into a superhuman genius, but not a great deal on how to create a kind, compassionate person [...] Moyer's book highlights an uncomfortable truth: that we may have to confront our own asshole-ish tendencies - selfishness, unconscious biases, internalised misogyny, an inability or unwillingness to understand other people's perspectives - before we can expect the same from our children.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Guardian *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739461169495,"sku":"9781472288783","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472288783.jpg?v=1720052313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-raise-kids-who-arent-assholes-9781472288783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}