What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy: Tips for Parenting in a Commercial World

By Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream Staff, Center for a New American Dream

Book Overview

As executive director of the Center for a New American Dream, Taylor's mission is to shift Americans away from rampart consumerism. Here, she offers parents a clear and simple path to follow to protect their children from the notion that more is better.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446529648
• ISBN13: 9780446529648
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Let Kids Be Kids

I saw this reviewed in the Orlando Sentinel. I'm impressed that the author promotes informal play. Children often are overscheduled today or plugged into the TV/gameboy/computer. The book reminds us that children need some time to just be themselves and to putter and play. As adults, many of us feel overscheduled with a never-ending "to do" list. Let's not turn our children into this type A behavior any sooner than necessary. Other books on this topic: Putting Family First by William Doherty and Einstein Never Used Flash Cards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.