Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age

Kindlon, Dan, Ph.D.

ISBN 10: 0786867272 / ISBN 13: 9780786867271

Published by Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion, New York, 2001

About this Item

First edition, stated; first printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: "For K--, G--, and M-- / Enjoy each other! / Dan Kindlon." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $23.95); Brodart protected.

Seller Inventory # 008796

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age
• Publisher: Talk Miramax Books / Hyperion, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786867272
• ISBN 13: 9780786867271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A thought-provoking guide is filled with a wealth of information for raising well-balanced children in an age of increasing wealth, where we give too much and expect too little, by identifying the "Seven Sins of Indulgence"--Disrespectfulness, Goal-lessness, Narcissism, Naivete, Amorality, Inability to Tolerate Boredom, and Underachievement. 75,000 first printing.

About the Author

Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., teaches psychology at Harvard University, where he has been a faculty member for the past seventeen years. The co-author of Raising Cain, a New York Times bestseller, he lives in Boston with his wife and two children.