The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World

by Susan Linn

Book Overview

In "The Case for Make Believe," Harvard child psychologist Susan Linn tells the alarming story of childhood under siege in a commercialized and technology-saturated world. Although play is essential to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, Linn argues that, in modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural--it threatens corporate profits. A book with immediate relevance for parents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565849701
• ISBN13: 9781565849709
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"