TY  - BOOK
AU  - House,Richard
TI  - Too much, too soon?: early learning and the erosion of childhood 
T2  - Hawthorn Press early years series
SN  - 1907359028
U1  - 372.210941 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Stroud
PB  - Hawthorn
KW  - Early childhood education
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Education and state
KW  - Children
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Happiness in children
N2  - "How to nurture young children's well-being and learning to reverse the erosion of childhood? Children's lives have been speeded up by commercialisation, 'adultification', and the government's 'nappy curriculum' which 'schoolifies' them and pushes quasi-formal learning too soon. Now, in twenty-three hard-hitting chapters, leading educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy-making and, above all, the 'right learning at the right time' in children's growth - learning when they are developmentally ready. Following an extensive introduction by Richard House, looking at 'toxic childhood' in context, the book is divided into four parts: Policy Making and the Erosion of Childhood: the Case of the Early Years Foundation Stage; The Foundations of Child Development and Early Learning: Perspectives, Principles and Practices; Advocacy, Research and Policy Making for Children's Early Years Learning; Ways Ahead to Achievable Futures"--Publisher's website
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