{"product_id":"the-orchid-and-the-dandelion-9781101970218","title":"The Orchid and the Dandelion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children--and the adults who love them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Susan Cain, author of \u003ci\u003eQuiet: The Power of Introverts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, and child development experts coping with difficult children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      In Tom Boyce's extraordinary new book, he explores the dandelion child (hardy, resilient, healthy), able to survive and flourish under most circumstances, and the orchid child (sensitive, susceptible, fragile), who, given the right support, can thrive as much as, if not more than, other children. \u003cbr\u003e      Boyce writes of his pathfinding research as a developmental pediatrician working with troubled children in child-development research for almost four decades, and explores his major discovery that reveals how genetic make-up \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eenvironment shape behavior. He writes that certain variant genes can increase a person's susceptibility to depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and antisocial, sociopathic, or violent behaviors. But rather than seeing this risk gene as a liability, Boyce, through his daring research, has recast the way we think of human frailty, and has shown that while these bad genes can create problems, they can also, \u003ci\u003ein the right setting and the right environment\u003c\/i\u003e, result in producing children who not only do better than before but far exceed their peers. Orchid children, Boyce makes clear, are not failed dandelions; they are a different category of child, with special sensitivities and strengths, and need to be nurtured and taught in special ways. And in \u003ci\u003eThe Orchid and the Dandelion\u003c\/i\u003e, Boyce shows us how to understand these children for their unique sensibilities, their considerable challenges, their remarkable gifts.","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406803116375,"sku":"9781101970218","price":13.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101970218.jpg?v=1730497165","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-orchid-and-the-dandelion-9781101970218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}