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  • Under Pressure

  • Putting the Child Back in Childhood
  • By: Carl Honore
  • Narrated by: Carl Honoré
  • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Under Pressure

By: Carl Honore
Narrated by: Carl Honoré
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Publisher's summary

From the best-selling author of In Praise of Slow comes a fascinating and urgent look at childhood today.

In Under Pressure, Carl Honoré shows how the pressure to give our children the best of everything and make them the best at everything is backfiring on kids, parents and society as a whole. He maps out how we can rescue childhood from the excesses of the 21st century. Children need the time and space to explore the world on their own terms, to play freely, to rest and reflect, to get bored even. Children need slowness. Touching on themes ranging from technology and extracurricular activities to schooling and safety, Under Pressure shows parents and educators how to help children thrive in a fast, competitive world–by slowing down.

In a cover story, TIME magazine called Under Pressure "a gospel of the slow parenting movement". The book has been translated into more than 20 languages and was shortlisted for the biggest literary prize for non-fiction in Canada.

©2010 Carl Honoré (P)2022 Carl Honoré
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