Joseph Chilton Pearce ( 1926 - ) is an American author of a number of books on child development. He prefers the name "Joe".
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He graduated with a BA from College of William and Mary, received a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University, and did post-graduate studies at Geneva Theological College.
He presents the
idea of the heart - or compassionate mind - as a category of brain function
equal in stature to the thalamus, prefrontal cortex and lower brain. He
believes that active, imaginative play is the most important of all childhood
activities because it cultivates mastery of one's environment, which he terms
"creative competence". Children denied that form of play develop
feelings of isolation and anxiety. He also believes that child-parent bonding
is crucial, and sees modern clinical childbirth and lack of breast feeding as
obstructions to that bonding.
Pearce is a
self-avowed iconoclast, unafraid to speak out against the myriad ways in which
contemporary American culture fails to nurture the intellectual, emotional, and
spiritual needs and yearnings of our young people.[ http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/bios/joseph-chilton-pearce.asp]
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