Artificial Maturity - Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults

Informationen zum Autor THE AUTHOR DR. TIM ELMORE is the founder and president of Growing Leaders. Through Growing Leaders, Elmore and his team teach middle school, high school, and college students the skills they need to become authentic leaders. He has shared his insights in more than thirty countries and has written more than twenty-five books, including Habitudes TM Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes and Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future . Klappentext How to raise kids who can handle the real worldToday's Generation iY (teens brought up with the Internet) and Homelanders (children born after 9/11) are overexposed to information at an earlier age than ever and paradoxically are underexposed to meaningful relationships and real-life experiences. Artificial Maturity addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake children's superficial knowledge for real maturity. The book is filled with practical steps that adults can take to furnish the experiences kids need to balance their abilities with authentic maturity.* Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders* Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information* Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturityArtificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion. Zusammenfassung How to raise kids who can handle the real worldToday's Generation iY (teens brought up with the Internet) and Homelanders (children born after 9/11) are overexposed to information at an earlier age than ever and paradoxically are underexposed to meaningful relationships and real-life experiences. Artificial Maturity addresses the problem of what to do when parents and teachers mistake children's superficial knowledge for real maturity. The book is filled with practical steps that adults can take to furnish the experiences kids need to balance their abilities with authentic maturity.* Shows how to identify the problem of artificial maturity in Generation iY and Homelanders* Reveals what to do to help children balance autonomy, responsibility, and information* Includes a down-to-earth model for coaching and guiding youth to true maturityArtificial Maturity gives parents, teachers, and others who work with youth a manual for understanding and practicing the leadership kids so desperately need to mature in a healthy fashion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Before You Read Anything Else . . . v1 What Is Artificial Maturity? 12 We Didn't See It Coming 153 Who Is Generation iY? 334 A Balancing Act 495 The Problem of Atrophy 656 The Problem with Talent 837 The Pull to Be a Karaoke Parent or Teacher 978 Turning Artificial Maturity into Authentic Maturity 1169 The Future of Parenting and Education 13210 What Will Kids Look Like in the Future? 15211 Correcting and Connecting 16612 Becoming a Soul Provider 18613 The Big Picture 20514 Passing the Baton 219Notes 233Acknowledgments 243About the Author 245About Growing Leaders 247Index 249...

List of contents

Before You Read Anything Else . . . v
 
1 What Is Artificial Maturity? 1
 
2 We Didn't See It Coming 15
 
3 Who Is Generation iY? 33
 
4 A Balancing Act 49
 
5 The Problem of Atrophy 65
 
6 The Problem with Talent 83
 
7 The Pull to Be a Karaoke Parent or Teacher 97
 
8 Turning Artificial Maturity into Authentic Maturity 116
 
9 The Future of Parenting and Education 132
 
10 What Will Kids Look Like in the Future? 152
 
11 Correcting and Connecting 166
 
12 Becoming a Soul Provider 186
 
13 The Big Picture 205
 
14 Passing the Baton 219
 
Notes 233
 
Acknowledgments 243
 
About the Author 245
 
About Growing Leaders 247
 
Index 249

Product details

• Authors: Tim Elmore
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2012
• EAN: 9781118258064
• ISBN: 978-1-118-25806-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book; Ratgeber, Erziehung /Ratgeber, Self-help, Ratgeber Erziehung, parenting