Judy Dunn

Children's Friendships

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Judy Dunn, a leading international authority on childhood development, provides a beautifully written account of children's early friendships. Drawing on evidence from studies on both sides of the Atlantic, it considers the nature and significance of such relationships for children's development and well-being. The book concludes by drawing out the practical implications of research for parents, teachers and those who care for children, including how to manage friendships at different developmental stages, how to help children with friendship difficulties, and what to do about 'trouble-making' friendships and bullying.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9781405114486
• ISBN-10: 1405114487
• Artikelnr.: 22000808

Autorenporträt

Judy Dunn is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry. She is the author of numerous books, including The Beginnings of Social Understanding (Blackwell Publishing, 1988), Separate Lives: Why Siblings Are So Different (1992) and From One Child to Two (1995).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Jerome S. Bruner.

List of figures.

Acknowledgements.

Friends matter.

Beginnings.

Friends within a social world: the early years.

Differences in children's friendships: links with socialunderstanding.

With a little help from my friends.

Intrigues, bullying, rejection and loneliness.

Girls, boys and friendship.

Parents and Friends.

Siblings and friends.

Implications.

Appendix: How can parents help children over friendshipdifficulties?.

Notes.

References.

Name index.

Name Index.

Rezensionen

"Judy Dunn has the happy knack of helping us to look afresh at thechildren we thought we knew - including our own. Her new book showsthat in the context of friendship, children have an opportunity -from kindergarten upward - to go on imaginary adventures, to engagein give-and-take and, eventually, to learn about commitment in waysthat the immediate family can rarely match. We glimpse children attheir best in this delightful book - and sympathize all the morewith those children who want to make friends but have none."Paul Harris, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"This magical new book by Judy Dunn explores the development offriendships in young children. She draws on close observation oftoddlers, pre-schoolers and school children to demonstrate the roleof intimate friendships in encouraging children to share ideas,coordinate pretend play and express affection for those that arenot kin. This book will inform the practice of professionals whocare for young children and intrigue parents - who will seeimmediately how the friendships of their own children are the spurto imagining what's in the mind and heart of another."Kathy Sylva, Professor of Educational Psychology, University ofOxford

"Judy Dunn, one of our most astute chroniclers of children'ssocial lives, provides a fascinating glimpse into the oftenneglected world of children's friendships. Using real-lifeillustrations from her own studies as well as rich insights fromnovelists and biographers, she convincingly shows the importantplace of friends in children's development. Parents as well asprofessionals will learn much from this timely and readablevolume." Ross D. Parke, Director, Center for Family Studies,University of California Riverside

"Children's Friendships is a beautifully written accountof children's early friendships by Judy Dunn, the leadinginternational authority on childhood development." PrimaryTimes, 29th Nov - 7th Feb 2005

"The excitement, the pleasures, problems and humour, thecompelling intensity of these relationships with friends (andenemies) in writers' early lives and their fiction are interwovenin Children's Friendships with the present-day examples fromthe children in Dunn's research and that of others."SirReadaLot.org, January Issue.