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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive

by W. Thomas Boyce MD
$11.90
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive

Resilience in children, nature versus nurture.

"The Orchid and the Dandelion" offers profound insights into child development, especially for parents or educators seeking to understand the delicate interplay between genetics and environment. If you're fascinated by why some kids are more sensitive and others more resilient, this book frames these traits in a new light, proposing ways to support each child's unique growth. It's not just about struggle—it's a guide to helping every child flourish, like nurturing diverse flowers in a shared garden.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive

by W. Thomas Boyce MD
$11.90
ISBN: 9781101946565
Authors: W. Thomas Boyce MD
Publisher: Knopf
Date of Publication: 2019-01-29
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, Sociology, Personal Development
Related Topics: Genetics, Health, Personal Development, Parenting, Psychology, Education
Goodreads rating: 3.77
(rated by 1250 readers)

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Based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children—and the adults who love them. A book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, and child development experts coping with difficult children. In Tom Boyce's extraordinary new book, he explores the "dandelion" child (hardy, resilient, healthy), able to survive and flourish under most circumstances, and the "orchid" child (sensitive, susceptible, fragile), who, given the right support, can thrive as much as, if not more than, other children. Boyce writes of his pathfinding research as a developmental pediatrician working with troubled children in child-development research for almost four decades, and explores his major discovery that reveals how genetic make-up and environment shape behavior. He writes that certain variant genes can increase a person's susceptibility to depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and antisocial, sociopathic, or violent behaviors. But rather than seeing this "risk" gene as a liability, Boyce, through his daring research, has recast the way we think of human frailty, and has shown that while these "bad" genes can create problems, they can also, in the right setting and the right environment, result in producing children who not only do better than before but far exceed their peers. Orchid children, Boyce makes
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Resilience in children, nature versus nurture.

"The Orchid and the Dandelion" offers profound insights into child development, especially for parents or educators seeking to understand the delicate interplay between genetics and environment. If you're fascinated by why some kids are more sensitive and others more resilient, this book frames these traits in a new light, proposing ways to support each child's unique growth. It's not just about struggle—it's a guide to helping every child flourish, like nurturing diverse flowers in a shared garden.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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