A psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of
complex parenting issues joins forces with a physician and
bestselling author to tackle one of the most disturbing and
misunderstood trends of our time -- peers replacing parents in the
lives of our children.
Dr. Neufeld has dubbed this phenomenon peer orientation, which
refers to the tendency of children and youth to look to their peers
for direction: for a sense of right and wrong, for values, identity
and codes of behaviour. But peer orientation undermines family
cohesion, poisons the school atmosphere, and fosters an
aggressively hostile and sexualized youth culture. It provides a
powerful explanation for schoolyard bullying and youth violence;
its effects are painfully evident in the context of teenage gangs
and criminal activity, in tragedies such as in Littleton, Colorado;
Tabor, Alberta and Victoria, B.C. It is an escalating trend that
has never been adequately described or contested until Hold On to
Your Kids. Once understood, it becomes self-evident -- as do the
solutions.
Hold On to Your Kids will restore parenting to its natural
intuitive basis and the parent-child relationship to its rightful
preeminence. The concepts, principles and practical advice
contained in Hold On to Your Kids will empower parents to satisfy
their children's inborn need to find direction by turning towards a
source of authority, contact and warmth.
"Something has changed. One can sense it, one can feel it, just
not find the words for it. Children are not quite the same as we
remember being. They seem less likely to take their cues from
adults, less inclined to please those in charge, less afraid of
getting into trouble. Parenting, too, seems to have changed. Our
parents seemed more confident, more certain of themselves and had
more impact on us, for better or for worse. For many, parenting
does not feel natural. Adults through the ages have complained
about children being less respectful of their elders and more
difficult to manage than preceding generations, but could it be
that this time it is for real?" -- from Hold On to Your Kids
"From the Hardcover edition."
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