Not under my roof : parents, teens, and the culture of sex / Amy T. Schalet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schalet, Amy T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Sexual behavior--Netherlands.

Teenagers.

Teenagers--Sexual behavior--United States.

Teenagers--Sexual behavior.

Parent and teenager.

United States.

Parent and teenager--United States.

Parent and teenager--Netherlands.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Summary:

For American parents, teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden, and sex is often a source of family conflict. In the Netherlands, where teenage pregnancies are far less frequent than in the United States, parents aim above all for family cohesiveness, often permitting young couples to sleep together and providing them with contraceptives. Probing our child-rearing for what it tells us about our culture, Amy Schalet's Not Under My Roof offers an unprecedented, intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in both countries negotiate sex, love, and growing up. Book jacket.

Contents:

Raging hormones, regulated love

Dutch parents and the sleepover

American parents and the drama of adolescent sexuality

Adversarial and interdependent individualism

"I didn't even want them to know": connection through control

"At least they know where I am": control through connection

Romantic rebels, regular lovers

Sexuality, self-formation, and the state

Conclusion: Beyond the drama

Methodological appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226736181

0226736180

9780226736198

0226736199

OCLC:

149502951