Parenting Culture Studies [electronic resource] /
Lee, Ellie.author.
Bristow, Jennie.author.
Faircloth, Charlotte.author.
Macvarish, Jan.author.
Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Introduction; Part I: Parenting Culture; 1 Intensive Parenting and the Expansion of Parenting; 2 Experts and Parenting Culture; 3 The Politics of Parenting; 4 Who Cares for Children? The Problem of Intergenerational Contact; Part II: Essays on Parental Determinism; Essay 1 Policing Pregnancy: The Pregnant Woman Who Drinks; Essay 2 The Problem of 'Attachment': The 'Detached' Parent; Essay 3 Babies' Brains and Parenting Policy: The Insensitive Mother; Essay 4 Intensive Fatherhood? The (Un)involved Dad
Essay 5 The Double Bind of Parenting Culture: Helicopter Parents and Cotton Wool KidsConclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America. .
Social work.
Social policy.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Social Work.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Learning & Instruction.
Family.