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Designer kids : consumerism and competition : when is it all too much? / David Walsh with Austin Gillespie. Walsh, David Allen, author.

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649.1 W223

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Minneapolis : Deaconess Press, 1990.

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vi, 118 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Examines the trend that the author critically calls the "adultification of youth," discussing three major factors: the targeting of consumer goods and marketing to children, overspecialization at an early age, and pressure to accelerate the learning process.

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Call number: ‪649.1 ‪W223
Author: ‪Walsh, David Allen,
other author: ‪Gillespie, Austin,
Title: ‪Designer kids : ‪consumerism and competition : when is it all too much? / ‪David Walsh with Austin Gillespie.
Publisher: ‪Minneapolis : ‪Deaconess Press, ‪1990.
Description: ‪vi, 118 pages : ‪illustrations ; ‪23 cm
Subject: ‪Children -- ‪United States -- ‪Attitudes.
Other Subject: ‪Child consumers -- ‪United States.
Other Subject: ‪Stress in children -- ‪United States.
Other Subject: ‪Competition (Psychology) in children.
Other Subject: ‪Materialism -- ‪United States.
Other Subject: ‪Parenting -- ‪United States.
Other Subject: ‪Consumers -- ‪Attitudes.
Other Subject: ‪Competition (Psychology) in children.
Other Subject: ‪Child consumers.
Other Subject: ‪Children -- ‪Attitudes.
Other Subject: ‪Competition (Psychology) in children.
Other Subject: ‪Materialism.
Other Subject: ‪Parenting.
Other Subject: ‪Stress in children.
Other Subject: ‪United States.
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ISBN: ‪0925190128
Other ISBN: ‪9780925190123