Download or read book Why Youth is Not Wasted on the Young written by David F. Bjorklund and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Youth is Not Wasted on the Young examines the nature of childhood through an evolutionary lens and argues that childhood is an essential stage of development with its own unique purposes, separate from those of adulthood; a time of growth and discovery that should not be rushed. Written by a renowned developmental psychologist Examines the role that our period of immaturity plays on the social, emotional, and educational needs of today’s children Challenges common perceptions of children as simply “adults in training”