Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen

Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen

Play dates, day care, political correctness, television, video games, constant supervision, endless distractions: these and other insidious trends are now the hallmarks of childhood. As author Anthony Esolen demonstrates in this often wickedly funny book, almost everything we are doing to children now constricts their imaginations, usually to serve the ulterior motives of the constrictors.

“Esolen signals with this book his presence in the top rank of authors of cultural criticism, following in the footsteps of Richard Weaver, Walker Percy, Russell Kirk, John Senior, Christopher Lasch, and Roger Scruton. . . This book is unfailingly witty and also maddening, reminding the reader of what was our American culture and calling us to take action.” —American Spectator|“Almost none of the sweeping trends of the past 30 years avoids Mr. Esolen’s sweeping gaze. . . . His skewering of contemporary culture with all of its political correctness and shallow moral gestures is devastating.” —Washington Times|“Witty, provocative, and insightful. Parents will feel empowered and encouraged by Esolen’s uncommon sense.” —Michael Medved, nationally syndicated talk radio host|“The book is full of gems. . . . Esolen’s case for the human imagination is extraordinarily important.” —Catholic Culture|“This book made me want to jump up (very high) and cheer, or run around (very far) and shout warnings. . . . All educators [should] take this uncommonly commonsensical book to heart. A worthy successor to C. S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man.” —Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy, Boston College|“A lament for what we have lost and are losing: honor, humility, non-eroticized love, truth, and faith.” —Conversations on Philanthropy|“Esolen dissects the sources of the problem with irony, biting wit, and a writing style reminiscent of C. S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters. . . . This book is essential reading for parents, educators and anyone who is concerned to rescue children from the tedious and vacuous thing childhood has become.” —Education Reporter

Anthony Esolen is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization and Ironies of Faith and the translator and editor of the celebrated three-volume Modern Library edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy. He is a professor of English at Providence College and a senior editor of Touchstone magazine. Esolen lives in Rhode Island with his family.

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ISBN 13	9781610170796
ISBN 10	1610170792
Title	Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
Author	Anthony Esolen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Regnery Publishing Inc
Year published	2013-03-30
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.