Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting” is a surprisingly new invention. In the past 30 years, “parenting” has transformed into an obsessive, controlling, goal-oriented effort to create a particular kind of child. But children are designed to be messy and unpredictable, playful and imaginative, and to be very different both from their parents and from each other. Drawing on the study of human evolution and her own cutting-edge research, Gopnik shatters key myths of “good parenting,” and suggests a new approach—where variability and flexibility in childhood lets them innovate, create and survive in an unpredictable world.
Date and Time
Thursday Feb 16, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017 – 7:00 PM
Location
Cubberley Community Theatre 4000 Middlefield Road (near Montrose & Middlefield), Palo Alto
Fees/Admission
General: $12 Members; $22 Non-Members; Students: $5 (with valid ID)
Website
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-02-16/alison-gopnik-new-science-child-development
Contact Information
Georgette Gehue - 408.280.5530
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