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Article: Kid stuff: raising children in a consumer culture.(Book Review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- January 11, 2005
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AS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON ends and parents push their way through crumpled wrapping paper and parts of half-assembled toys, they may wonder: How did we get from a baby born in a manger to this? How did we reach the state where Care Bear Nativity sets, Chia pets and ...