The Role of the Parent, Caregiver, and Teacher in Young Children

What’s the role of the parent, the caregiver, and the teacher with young children?

Alison Gopnik has spent her life exploring that both from a psychologist’s and philosopher’s perspective. She is Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor in Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. She was ranked among the most influential psychologists working today:  Her newest book is The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children.

She is my PsychologyToday.com The Eminents interview today. 

Parenting: Part I of a 4-Part Series

My PsychologyToday.com article today: Part I of a four-part series on Parenting.

Part I argues that parenting may have less impact on our kids than many believe. It also asserts that invoking guilt in response to a child's misbehavior can be a worthy parenting tool.