Michaeleen Doucleff. The Lost Art of Parenting (№ 466296)

Three cornerstone practices of modern parenting - the need for toys, obsession with learning and endless praise - appeared for very strange reasons. Toys were given to us by the industrial revolution, the desire for early development is a political race of powers, and the pop concept of self-esteem, which does not exist in any other culture in the world, requires praise.