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Growing Up: A Classic American Childhood
Growing Up A Classic American Childhood
Author: Marilyn Vos Savant
ISBN-13: 9780393051254
ISBN-10: 0393051250
Publication Date: 8/2002
Pages: 212
Rating:
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3 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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I got this as a gift for my mother-in-law one year and read it before I gave it to her. I am now ordering as many copies as I can get my little hands on. What a great gift for graduates! It's nothing more than lists of things people "should" do by the time they leave home (ostensibly at age 18), like write their name in the air with a sparkler, learn how to deal with a car accident without accusing OR apologizing, and knowing how to change a tire. In this modern world, so many of these important skills are lost (my brother-in-law hires professionals to come in and hang pictures in his home!) or will soon be, and this book helps us remember that we CAN do these things, and we SHOULD!