I want it now : navigating childhood in a materialistic world

I want it now : navigating childhood in a materialistic world /

In her exploration of consumerism and kids, Donna Bee-Gates helps us all understand how a culture of instant gratification influences spending habits and erodes self-worth. She argues that placating kids with material rewards is detrimental to social and psychological development. Similarly, she rev...

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Main Author: Bee-Gates, Donna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Child psychology > United States.
Child consumers > United States.
Acquisitiveness > United States.
Consumption (Economics) > United States > Psychological aspects.
Parenting > United States.
Social values > United States.
Enfants > Psychologie > États-Unis.
Enfants consommateurs > États-Unis.
Acquisitivité > États-Unis.
Consommation (Économie politique) > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Rôle parental > États-Unis.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis.
80.80 educational environment: general.
Acquisitiveness.
Child consumers.
Child psychology.
Consumption (Economics) > Psychological aspects.
Parenting.
Social values.
Konsumgesellschaft
Kinderpsychologie
Erziehung
Opvoeding.
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Materialisme.
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Believing in fairy tales
  • 2. The parenting evolution
  • 3. Why do we do it?
  • 4. The mimic
  • 5. The comparer and the lonely one
  • 6. You complete me and the humdrum, ho-hum
  • 7. Inspiring wonder
  • 8. Taking the next step
  • Notes
  • Index.

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