The Gardener and the Carpenter by Gopnik, Alison -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication Introduction: The Parent Paradoxes

From Parenting to Being a Parent The Paradoxes The Paradoxes of Love The Paradoxes of Learning The Uniqueness of Childhood The Child Garden

1. Against Parenting

In Praise of Mess The Ideas That Die in Our Stead Exploring vs. Exploiting Protective Parents

2. The Evolution of Childhood

Two Pictures Beyond Just-So Stories The Paradox of Immaturity Learning, Culture, and Feedback Loops Variability: The Unknown Unknowns Back to Parenting

3. The Evolution of Love

Pair-Bonding: It’s Complicated Varieties of Love Grandmothers Alloparents The Commitment Puzzle The Roots of Commitment The Costs of Commitment Love and Parenting

4. Learning Through Looking

The Little Actors The Myth of Mirror Neurons The Birth of Imitation Learning About the World When Children Are Better Than Adults Overimitation Rituals Imitation Across Cultures Doing Things Together

5. Learning Through Listening

Learning from Testimony Being Sure of Yourself Who You Gonna Believe? Telling Stories Questions and Explanations Why Ask Why? The Essential Question Letting the Dude Figure It Out

6. The Work of Play

Rough-and-Tumble Rats Getting Into Everything Pop-Beads and Popper Making Believe Bayesian Babies Kinds of Minds Dancing Robots Beyond Miss Havisham

7. Growing Up

Apprenticeship Scholastic Skills Thinking Differently Attention Deficit Disorder Schooling and Learning The People in the Playground The Two Systems of Adolescence

8. The Future and the Past: Children and Technology

The Reading Brain The World of Screens Eden and Mad Max The Technological Ratchet The City of the Web What to Do?

9. The Value of Children

Private Ties and Public Policy Finding the Money The Old and the Young Work, Play, Art, Science Conclusion

Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Also by Alison Gopnik A Note About the Author Newsletter Sign-up Contents Copyright