{"product_id":"9780547564654","title":"How Children Succeed : Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paul Tough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do some children succeed while others fail?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in \u003cem\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories—and the stories of the children they are trying to help—Tough traces the links between childhood stress and life success. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do—and do not—prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to help children growing up in poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children’s lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well. But now educators and doctors around the country are using that knowledge to develop innovative interventions that allow children to overcome the constraints of poverty. And with the help of these new strategies, as Tough’s extraordinary reporting makes clear, children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieve amazing things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative and profoundly hopeful book has the potential to change how we raise our children, how we run our schools, and how we construct our social safety net. It will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Drop the flashcards - grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePeople Magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\"In this absorbing and important book, Tough explains why American children from both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum are missing out on these essential experiences. … The book illuminates the extremes of American childhood: for rich kids, a safety net drawn so tight it’s a harness; for poor kids, almost nothing to break their fall.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Annie Murphy Paul,　\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \"An engaging book that casts the school reform debate in a provocative new light. … [Tough] introduces us to a wide-ranging cast of characters — economists, psychologists, and neuroscientists among them — whose work yields a compelling new picture of the intersection of poverty and education.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas Toch,　\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Monthly \u003c\/em\u003e\"Mr. Tough’s new book,　How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character, combines compelling findings in brain research with his own first-hand observations on the front lines of school reform. He argues that the qualities that matter most to children’s success have more to do with character – and that parents and schools can play a powerful role in nurturing the character traits that foster success. His book is an inspiration. It has made me less of a determinist, and more of an optimist.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Margaret Wente,　\u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e \"\u003cem\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e　is a must-read for all educators. It’s a fascinating book that makes it very clear that the conventional wisdom about child development is flat-out wrong.\"\u003cbr\u003e—School Leadership Briefing \"I loved this book and the stories it told about children who succeed against big odds and the people who help them. … It is well-researched, wonderfully written and thought-provoking.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Siobhan Curious,　Classroom as Microcosm \"\u003cem\u003eHow to Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e　takes readers on a high-speed tour of experimental schools and new research, all peppered with anecdotes about disadvantaged youths overcoming the odds, and affluent students meeting enough resistance to develop character strengths.\"\u003cbr\u003e—James Sweeney,　\u003cem\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/em\u003e \"[This] wonderfully written new book reveals a school improvement measure in its infancy that has the potential to transform our schools, particularly in low-income neighborhoods.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Jay Mathews,　\u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003e\"Nurturing successful kids doesn’t have to be a game of chance. There are powerful new ideas out there on how best to equip children to thrive, innovations that have transformed schools, homes, and lives. Paul Tough has scoured the science and met the people who are challenging what we thought we knew about childhood and success. And now he has written the instruction manual. Every parent should read this book – and every policymaker, too.\" \u003cbr\u003e— Charles Duhigg, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Habit\u003c\/em\u003e \"I wish I could take this compact, powerful, clear-eyed, beautifully written book and put it in the hands of every parent, teacher and politician. At its core is a notion that is electrifying in its originality and its optimism: that character — not cognition — is central to success, and that character can be taught.　\u003cem\u003eHow Children Succeed\u003c\/em\u003e　will change the way you think about children. But more than that: it will fill you with a sense of what could be.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Alex Kotlowitz, author of \u003cem\u003eThere Are No Children Here \u003c\/em\u003e\"Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e editor Tough argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence) are the most critical to success i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780547564654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41164268699854,"sku":"9780547564654","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780547564654_e6ec3f8c-0cf2-4722-a85a-c05fb91d6961.jpg?v=1652123571","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780547564654","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}