Taking parenting public : the case for a new social movement / edited by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Nancy Rankin, Cornel West.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewlett, Sylvia Ann, 1946-

Rankin, Nancy.

West, Cornel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenting--United States.

Parenting.

United States.

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Social values--United States.

Social values.

Physical Description:

xxii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Summary:

Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment--both personal and public--into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West, Taking Parenting Public crosses boundaries to bring together thinkers from diverse fields spanning the political spectrum. It features contributions from distinguished experts in economics, political science, public policy, child development, public health, history, and the media. While recent books have focused on working mothers or absent fathers, Taking Parenting Public is the first volume to take a comprehensive look at the common struggles of parents. These essays go beyond the usual calls for more and better child care and other strategies of 'parent replacement' to offer fresh ideas for 'parent replenishment, ' ways of putting mothers and fathers back into the lives of their children not only as economic providers, but also as emotional and moral providers. For more information visit the National Parenting Association Web site.

Contents:

On rekindling a spirit of "home training" : a mother's notes from the front / Enola G. Aird

Empty parenthood : the loss of parental authority in the postmodern family / David Elkind

From Father knows best to The Simpsons

on TV, parenting has lost its halo / Bernice Kanner

The economic status of parents in postwar America / Edward N. Wolff

Time crunch among american parents / Juliet B. Schor

Low-income parents and the time famine / S. Jody Heymann

Political trends among American parents : the 1950s to 1996 / Ruy Teixeira

Taxes and the family : a conservative perspective / Allan C. Carlson

Observations on some proposals to help parents : a progressive perspective / William A. Galston

Back to the future : a GI Bill for the twenty-first century / Peter Winn

The paths from here / Raymond Seidelman

What it will take to build a family-friendly America / Theda Skocpol

The emerging fatherhood movement : making room for daddy / Wade F. Horn

The parent vote / Nancy Rankin

Fixing social insecurity : a proposal to finance parenthood / Nancy Rankin

Taking parenting public / Ruth A. Wooden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742521109

0742521117

OCLC:

47297588