{"product_id":"magical-child-isbn-9780452267893","title":"Magical Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eMagical Child\u003c\/b\u003e, a classic work, profoundly questioned the current thinking on childbirth pratices, parenting, and educating our children.  Now its daring ideas about how Western society is damaging our children, and how we can better nurture them and ourselves, ring truer than ever.  From the very instant of birth, says Joseph Chilton Pearce, the human child has only one concern: to learn all that there is to learn about the world.  This planet is the child's playground, and nothing should interfere with a child's play.  Raised this way, the Magical Child is a happy genius, capable of anything, equipped to fulfill his amazing potential.\u003cp\u003eExpanding on the ideas of internationally acclaimed child psychologist Jean Piaget, Pearce traces the growth of the mind-brain from birth to adulthood.  He connects the alarming rise in autism, hyperkinetic behavior, childhood schizophrenia, and adolescent suicide to the all too common errors we make in raising and educating our children.  Then he shows how we can restore the astonishing wealth of creative intelligence that is the birthright of every human being.  Pearce challenged all our notions about child rearing, and in the process challenges us to re-examine ourselves. Pearce's message is simple: it is never too late to play, for we are all Magical Children.\u003c\/p\u003eMagical ChildAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Monstrous Understanding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Promise Given\u003cbr\u003e2. Matrix Shifts\u003cbr\u003e3. Intelligence as Interaction\u003cbr\u003e4. Stress and Learning\u003cbr\u003e5. The New Demonology\u003cbr\u003e6. Time Bomb\u003cbr\u003e7. Breaking the Bond\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  8. Concept\u003cbr\u003e9. Cycle of Competence\u003cbr\u003e10. Establishing the Matrix\u003cbr\u003e11. World As It Is\u003cbr\u003e12. Filling in the Details\u003cbr\u003e13. Division of Labor\u003cbr\u003e14. Primary Perceptions\u003cbr\u003e15. Play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Transforming the Given\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Dancing Through the Crack\u003cbr\u003e17. The Two-Way Flow\u003cbr\u003e18. Toward Autonomy\u003cbr\u003e19. The Cycle of Creative Competence\u003cbr\u003e20. Thinking about Thinking\u003cbr\u003e21. Journey into the Mind\u003cbr\u003e22. The Second Bonding\u003cbr\u003e23. Renewing the Promise\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eSubject Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the brilliant, provocative, humane synthesis we've been waiting for.  I hope \u003cb\u003eMagical Child\u003c\/b\u003e is read by every parent and parent-to-be, every educator, everyone interested in the future of our society.\"\u003cbr\u003e —George Leonard, author of \u003cb\u003eMastery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An innovative, philosophical restructuring of modern child psychology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A profound, readable, and exciting book.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is one of the most important and beautiful books I have ever read. . . . The book is written with the passion of a man who not only cares but knows.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Colin Turnbull\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Chilton Pearce\u003c\/b\u003e is the father of five children and the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Crack in the Cosmic Egg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eExploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Bond of Power\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Magical Child Matures\u003c\/b\u003e.  A former humanities teacher, he now devotes his time to lecturing and writing.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302695719141,"sku":"NP9780452267893","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452267893.jpg?v=1767732093","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/magical-child-isbn-9780452267893","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}