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Book SynopsisKay Hymowitz explores the predicament of a generation growing up in a world where adults lavish them with material possessions but don't know how to provide them with the ordinary truths that give life meaning. She takes the measure of a young generation afflicted with a loss of deep connection, civility, and moral clarity, as well as a depleted vision of the human predicament.
Trade ReviewThis book is both engaging and brutal as social observation... -- Paula S. Fass * The Review of Higher Education *
An informed, intelligent and very powerful critique...Written with wit, with pointed examples and with passion. A very important book. -- Judith Wallerstein, Ph.D.
Adults...should take note of Hymowitz's observations about what 'liberation' has wrought. -- William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, author of The Book of Virtues
Rewarding...penetrating. * Booklist *
One of America's best analysts of child-rearing...fascinating.... Hymowitz is on to some very important truths...a masterpiece. * National Review *
Scrupulously points out the all-too-familiar obsession with individual autonomy. * The Weekly Standard *
Hymowitz raises difficult questions that should not be ignored, and she presents them with a befitting urgency.... Thought-provoking... * Foreword Reviews *
Offers an original and coherent reading of contemporary bewilderment about what our children need.... * Times Literary Supplement *
A very different set of insights which parents will appreciate. * Bookwatch *
Sharply drawn analyses... * Adolescence Magazine *
A devastating debunking of fashionable ideas that have brought much frustration and heartache to parents and children alike...It is impossible to summarize the many insights of 'Liberation's Children’. Get a copy of each and discover their sobering message yourself. -- Thomas Sowell, Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University * Capitalism Magazine *
Liberation’s Children is a collection of essays that deserves to be knit together into the fabric of a book. -- Mark Daims * Human Nature Review *
