NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children

轟動美國教育界、 家長圈的最HOT話題書
登上2009年底三十幾種年度好書榜，獲獎無數

　　在美國甫出版，就成為《新聞周刊》封面故事，攻佔所有暢榜，席捲所有談話性節目，即連《華爾街日報》、《金融 時報》等財經媒體也給予大篇幅推薦。

　　本書回答了一個超有趣的問題：親子教養變成顯學已有二三十年，為什麼孩子還是問題一大堆？答案：因為有太多 「真理」都是誤人子弟。例子不勝枚舉，例如「孩子應該多多讚美」、「EQ比IQ重要」等等。每一章都是一場大震撼、大洗腦。

　　本書不是一家之言。作者在近百位頂尖學者的鼎力協助下完成本書，可說是十年兒童心理學研究成果的一次大總結。

One of the most influential books about children ever published, NurtureShock offers a revolutionary new perspective on children that upends a library's worth of conventional wisdom. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, the authors demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, NurtureShock gets to the core of how we grow, learn and live.

Released in hardcover in September 2009, NurtureShock remained on the New York Times best seller list for three months, and was one of Amazon's best selling books for 2009. The book has become a worldwide phenomenon with editions published around the world - in fifteen languages, to date.

In addition to Bronson and Merryman's writings on praise -- first made famous in New York magazine -- there are nine more equally groundbreaking chapters. Among the topics covered:

Why the most brutal person in a child's life is often a sibling, and how a single aspect of their preschool-aged play can determine their relationship as adults.

When is it too soon - or too late - to teach a child about race? Children in diverse schools are less likely to have a cross-racial friendship, not more - so is school diversity backfiring?

Millions of families are fighting to get their kids into private schools and advanced programs as early as possible. But schools are missing the best kids, 73% of the time - the new neuroscience explains why.

Why are kids - even those from the best of homes - still aggressive and cruel? The answer is found in a rethinking of parental conflict, discipline, television's unexpected influence, and social dominance.

Parents are desperate to jump-start infants' language skills. Recently, scientists have discovered a series of natural techniques that are astonishing in their efficacy - it's not baby videos, sign language, or even the richness of language exposure. It's nothing you've heard before.

作者簡介

波．布朗森(Po Bronson)

　　是美國罕有的「什麼都能寫，寫每一種書都暢銷」的寫作奇才，成名作是一本金融業諷刺小說，後來改 寫報導文學，曾被視為觀察矽谷高科技文化的第一名筆。知名雜誌都爭相以最高稿酬請他寫稿。但是當了爸爸之後，興趣轉為親 子教養。這是他寫親子教養的第一本書。

艾許麗．梅里曼(Ashley Merryman)

　　做過許多人人稱羨的工作：好萊塢製片、華府官員等等。但直到她開始為弱勢學生做課業輔導，人生才 找到意義。這是她的第一本書。

Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s New York Magazine articles on the science of children won the magazine journalism award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications. Their articles for Time Magazine won the award for outstanding journalism from the Council on Contemporary Families. Bronson has authored five books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do With My Life?