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    Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

    By Anthony Esolen

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    “Esolen signals with this book his presence in the top rank of authors of cultural criticism.” —American Spectator


    Play dates, soccer practice, day care, political correctness, drudgery without facts, television, video games, constant supervision, endless distractions: these and other insidious trends in child rearing and education are now the hallmarks of childhood. As author Anthony Esolen demonstrates in this elegantly written, often wickedly funny book, almost everything we are doing to children now constricts their imaginations.

    Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child takes square aim at these accelerating trends. This practical, insightful book is essential reading for any parent who cares about the paltry thing that childhood has become, and who wants to give a child something beyond the dull drone of today’s culture.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateApr 8, 2014
    ISBN9781497620728
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    Anthony Esolen

    Anthony Esolen, Professor of English at Providence College, is the editor and translator of the Modern Library edition of Dante's Divine Comedy. He has published scholarly articles on Spenser, Shakespeare, Dante, and Tasso in various journals and is a senior editor and frequent contributor to Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity.

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    • 1/5
      This is one of the worst books I've read this year.The book jacket lead me to believe this book would be witty and insightful as well as have helpful solutions to the problems it identifies with the way children are being raised in this country.It does not.Instead, it is the author's personal manifesto about raising boys into men and girls into women in the old-fashioned way. He draws extensively on classical literature and an idillic and not entirely realistic view of the past.Although I do not consider myself a feminitst, this book is offensive to women. The author belittles several female authors and historical figures while he extols the virtues of men as role models for children, leaving girls no role models other than their mothers.While he praises male historical figures, male accomplishments, and the virtues of a brotherhood of men and boys, the author is vague about where girls should look for inspiration or answers. He claims it is because women are a mystery to his male mind, while completely ignoring the fact that until quite recently, women were not even permitted to receive an advanced education or parcipate in activities that would spark scientific or literary pursuits.If you are a conservative Christian who wants your boys to grow up with a liberal arts education and your girls to grow up to be mothers and little else, read this book. Otherwise, don't bother...it'll just make you mad.

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    • 5/5
      I love everything about this book--from all the classical references to his discussion of all the pitfalls in our current educational system. Esolen's book reminds me of some of the recent discussions we've been having on my blog where many of us have concluded that the greatest contributors to our society and those who have really made a difference have such passion and so much drive they they work independently outside the system. Highly Recommended!

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful, Screwtape-ish take of child-rearing and education. Delightful prose with convicting principles. One of my favorites in last several years.