Parenting Like an Australian
One Family's Quest to Fight Fear and Dive into a Better, Braver Life
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Description: xxvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
"New York Times Australia Bureau Chief Damien Cave delivers an impactful and informative account of how risk taking in parenting, and in all aspects of life, creates happier, healthier individuals and communities. Cave's exploration of Australian parenting culture, through gripping research and storytelling, will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about safety, risk, parenting, and, ultimately, being human."--Publisher.
Contents:
1 Arriving in Australia 1 -- A history of risk -- Pascal's triangle -- Too much "pathological prudence"? -- 2 Nippers 37 -- How we became so fragile -- Martin Seligman and the problem of self-esteem -- Americans start surfing -- 3 In the Pool 80 -- Why I hate swimming -- German vs. American ways of risk -- Brock Bastian and the purpose of pain -- Fish guts and football with Matt Zurbo -- 4 Christchurch Attacks 119 -- What if we're scared of the wrong threats? How white males distort risk perception -- Nudges vs. risk savvy -- Lessons in trust and recovery -- 5 Bronze, Part 1 157 -- A short history of surf lifesaving -- Grit, the growth mindset, and the power of modeling, with Angela Duckworth -- Training for the Bronze Medallion is really hard -- 6 Bronze, Part 2 191 -- Finding the I in team -- Yolngu and the ancient history of social safety -- Sebastian Junger on war, risk, and training -- 7 Final Test in Bronte 232 -- From wet spinals to dolphins -- A foreign family learns to belong -- Epilogue 255 -- Combine and conquer: what Australia's experience of fires and a pandemic can teach the world.
Subjects:
Cave, Damien.
Cave, Damien -- Family.
Journalists -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
Parenting -- Australia.
Americans -- Australia.
National characteristics, Australian.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Australia -- Social life and customs.
Cave, Damien.
Cave, Damien -- Family.
Journalists -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
Parenting -- Australia.
Americans -- Australia.
National characteristics, Australian.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Australia -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781728266060
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PARENTING Cav | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Coming Soon |
"Originally published as Into the Rip in 2021 in Australia by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia. This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2021 in Australia by Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.