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Magical Child, 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 oruselves, 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 a happy genius, capable of anything,…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 1981Bantam · 9780553260762
- Paperback · English · 1980Bantam Doubleday Dell · 9780553200560
- Paperback · English · 1980Bantam Books · 301 pages · 9780553124781
- Other · English · 1992Plume · 257 pages · 9780452267893
- Other · English · 1977Dutton · 257 pages · 9780525150350
Child psychologyChild rearingPsychologieEnfants