The Playdate
Subtitle: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: Mar 29, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780814760512
Description: "Drawing in her experience as a parent and a sociologist, Mose shows how some parents include and exclude families through their children's playdate experience, thereby aligning themselves with like-minded parents who may further the social and life chances of their young children and themselves. She also shows how the playdate can help new parents sort through their new lives and responsibilities from breast feeding to caring for an infant who cannot actively interact through play, lays bare the logistics of organizing a play"--From publisher description.
Notes: Source title: The Playdate: Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play