Joseph Chilton Pearce

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Joseph Chilton Pearce is an author of a number of books on child development. He prefers the name "Joe".[1] He has a master's degree. He presents the idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as another categorization of brain function with equal stature as the thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and lower brain.[2] He believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood activities because that cultivates a mastery of one's environment. He coins the term "creative competence" to discuss that mastery. Further, children without that form of play develop feeling of isolation and anxiety.[3] He also believes that child parent bonding is important, and blames a lack of breast feeding and modern childbirth as both obstructive to that bonding.[4]

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  1. ^ Mercogliano, Chris and Debus, Kim, Interview. JOURNAL OF FAMILY LIFE magazine, Vol. 5 #1 1999
  2. ^ Peirsman (2006) p.14
  3. ^ Rosemond (2001) p.218
  4. ^ Mercogliano (2003) p.191
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