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Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The family, which at one time was the source of comfort and a haven from the world, is now an endangered species. It has been invaded by a market-driven society deprived of the family's intimacy and wisdom creating a relationship and duty-for-hire type of existence. Everything is in the marketplace, wedding planners, nameologist who help you to name your child, hired mourners, dating services, goal setters and even grannies. The author reveals a...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
US families have been pushed to the wall. At the bottom of the economic ladder, poor and working-class adults aren't forming stable relationships and can't give their kids the start they need because of low wages and uncertain job prospects. Toward the top, professional parents' lives have become a grinding slog of long hours of paid work. Meanwhile their kids are overstressed by pressure to succeed and get into good colleges. In this provocative...
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