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Chapter 2:Pushing young children to achieve academic milestones and engage in adult-like activities too early can result in developmental and emotional harm. Check more about The Hurried Child Summary. One example that Elkind expands upon in his book is the concept of early reading instruction.
Jan 1, 1981 · David Elkind, Ph. D., describes the Hurried Child as one who is forced to grow up too fast too soon. In American society, which highly values competition and “the earlier the better” mentality, the condition is pandemic, caused by the chronic exploitation of children’s talents and time for purposes other than their direct benefit, by a ...
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Because they are vulnerable to pressures to hurry and grow up—too fast, too soon—children experience stress as they have "unusual demands for adaptation" placed on them. The author further contends that stress leads to such symptoms as free-floating anxiety, type A behavior, school burnout, and learned helplessness.
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The main tenet of the hurried child perspective is that "the concept of childhood, so vital to the traditional American way of life, is threatened with extinction in the society we have created" (Elkind, 1981:3).
The first edition focused on the way parents, schools, and the media hurry children. Concerns about sports and schooling that he considered developmentally inappropriate, as well as the effects of sex and violence on television were key components of his book. Technology & Hurry.
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Apr 1, 2001 · Elkind's classic The Hurried Child dates from 1981 and was revised in 1988; now it appears in a third edition. The basic premise remains the same: parents have pushed their children emotionally and intellectually too far, too fast.
- David Elkind
