# The Myth of the Spoiled Child

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- Book: [The Myth of the Spoiled Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/alfie-kohn/the-myth-of-the-spoiled-child) ([The Myth of the Spoiled Child.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alfie-kohn/the-myth-of-the-spoiled-child.md))
- Authors: [Alfie Kohn](https://www.bookquiver.com/alfie-kohn)
- Publisher: beacon_press
- ISBN: 978-08-0707-388-9
- Pages: 280
- Published: 2016-03-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A prominent and esteemed critic challenges widely held beliefs about children and parenting, revealing that underlying each myth is a deeply conservative ideology that is, ironically, often adopted by...