More Extreme Parenting
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:03:00 GMT
More on the extreme parenting phenonenom.(hat tip I Speak of Dreams.)
There’s a new book coming out, Alissa Quart’s Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child (ISBN 1594200955).
Here’s an exerpt in the July/August issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
From the book:
“The vast giftedness industry has expanded to include such disparate phenomena as the teaching of baby sign language, the IQ testing of toddlers, and the proliferation of video programs like the Baby Einstein series. (Never mind that Einstein himself was a late bloomer; he didn’t speak until he was three, and no one thought him “gifted.”) Specialized camps and competitions are now enrolling the youngest of children; classes include soccer for three-year-olds and Broadway Babies for starlets of only six months.”
Highly recommended.
