What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy: Tips for Parenting in a Commercial World by Betsy Taylor, Center for a New American Dream Staff

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With parents today worried that they are raising the "I want" generation that is being "malled to death," What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy arrives at just the right moment. Backed by the Center for the New American Dream and presented in the soothing voice of an expert, Betsy Taylor tells us there is hope and that there are a number of steps we can take to fight this problem. Her advice ranges from simple things one might do at home to more sophisticated approaches such as teaching media literacy and financial skills to your children. She enlists the voices and stories of parents and educators on the front line and promotes the philosophy of how to have "more fun" with "less stuff," by returning to simple, meaningful rituals like dinner conversation and picnics. Our lives don't have to revolve around materialistic extravaganzas and Taylor shows us how the "homemade," the "hand made," and the "heart-made" must be valued. We must return to raising healthy children, not hyper-consumers, and What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy will offer a much-needed helping hand.

Author Biography: Executive Director of the Center for the New American Dream, Betsy Taylor has carried the banner of their cause on CNN's Crossfire, CBS This Morning, and NPR's Diane Rehm Show. Her work has been covered by such publications as the New York Times, Time, and USA Today.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0641850638
  
• ISBN-13: 9780641850639
• Format: Paperback, 256pp
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Pub. Date: December 2004
• Edition Description: Bargain
• Sales Rank: 43,522