Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times Contributor(s): Nelson, Margaret K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814763898 ISBN-13: 9780814763896 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 306.874 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.79 lbs) 276 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents going to ridiculous extremes to remove all obstacles from their child's path to greatness . . . or at least to an ivy league school. From cradle to college, they remain intimately enmeshed in their children's lives, stifling their development and creating infantilized, spoiled, immature adults unprepared to make the decisions necessary for the real world. Or so the story goes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nelson, Margaret K.: - Margaret K. Nelson is Hepburn Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College and is the author of many books, including The Social Economy of Single Mothers: Raising Children in Rural America, and co-editor, with Anita I. Garey, of Who's Watching? Daily Practices of Surveillance Among Contemporary Families. |