The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children by Alison Gopnik (Paperback, 2017)

The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children by Alison Gopnik (Paperback, 2017)

Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Drawing on the study of human evolution and the authorA’s own scientific research into how children learn, the author shows that although caring for children is profoundly important, it is not a matter of shaping them to turn out a particular way. 320 pages Gopnik, Alison