Nothing like a parenting manual, NurtureShock's central premise is that modern society's strategies for nurturing children are not working because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman write about the surprising and counterintuitive findings from cutting-edge child development research that helps to explain why our expectations from our children often miss the mark. Discover why in a world of modern, involved, caring parents so many kids are underachievers and overly aggressive and cruel. Hardcover.