Helene in the news
Articles from around the world quoting Helene or mentioning her work,
including Reclaiming Childhood
Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2012
Obsession with safety is risking our children's well-being
A decade after child protection checks began, common sense and compassion have been sidelined.
BBC Radio 4, 4 January 2012
BBC iPlayer - Bringing Up Britain: Series 4: Butting Out and Letting Go
Butting Out and Letting Go
Mariella Frostrup and guests - including Helene Guldberg - discuss fostering independence in children and teens. How do parents do it and what are the consequences if they don’t?
Ottawa South EMC, 8 December 2011
Bullying legislation takes adult intervention too far
Speaking on CBC with Jian Ghomeshi, British lecturer in child development Helene Guldberg argued while extreme cases of bullying should be tackled we should avoid pathologizing normal childhood relationships. Childhood, she said, is a bumpy road but by solving their problems themselves, without adult intervention, children learn valuable lessons.
Time Magazine, 28 September 2011
Should We Rethink Our Anti-Bullying Strategy?
iG, Brazil, 22 September 2011
Seu filho sofre bullying? Pense um pouco antes de agir
Para experts, ao resolver todos os problemas de relacionamento dos filhos, pais podem estar apenas prejudicando futuro das crianças
Revista Superinteressante, Brazil, 28 July 2011
O Problema do Mundo sem Bullying
A palavra bullying faz qualquer pai se arrepiar de medo. Mas uma linha de especialistas diz que não há o que temer: crianças e adolescentes precisam passar por apuros, e sozinhos. Do contrário, poderão cair numa enrascada ainda pior.
WORLDbytes, 3 March 2011
WORLDbytes: Should apes have rights?
Does extending the concept of human rights to great apes make any sense from a moral philosophical point of view? Are rights, like the capacity to make moral judgements about whether or not to protect other species, something only humans can appreciate? An absorbing Battle of Ideas debate.
Five Books, 4 November 2010
Man and Ape
The author of Just Another Ape?, Helene Guldberg, explains that the development of language and, as a result, complex thought, meant that the whole of human behaviour became pervaded with the flexibility and the creativity that characterises modern humans.
Ode Magazine, 1 October 2010
We zijn niet slechts een apensoort
Stellen dat het menselijke ras superieur is, wordt gezien als arrogant. Dat is toch echt een probleem, betoogt de Britse ontwikkelingspsycholoog Helene Guldberg in haar nieuwe boek, Just Another Ape?.
Culture Wars, 30 September 2010
Something special
It’s a commonplace today that chimpanzees are our brothers. Helene Guldberg’s excellent and clearly written new book critiques these assumptions, and importantly succeeds in making clear the absolutely key role of experimentation in understanding the natural world.
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