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Parenting, family policy and children's well-being in an unequal society : a new culture war for parents / Dimitra Hartas, University of Warwick, UK.
- Title
- Parenting, family policy and children's well-being in an unequal society : a new culture war for parents / Dimitra Hartas, University of Warwick, UK.
- Author
- Hartas, Dimitra, 1966-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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- Description
- ix, 241 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid accumulation of the resources of a finite planet at the top 1% have made the world an inhospitable place to many families. Parents are left alone to deal with the big societal problems and reverse their impact on their children's educational achievement and life chances. The 'average' working family is sliding down the social ladder with a significant impact on children's learning and wellbeing. We now know that parental involvement with children's learning (although important in its own right) is not the primary mechanism through which poverty translates to underachievement and reduced social mobility. Far more relevant to children's learning and emotional wellbeing is their parents' income and educational qualifications. The mantra of 'what parents do matters' is hypocritical considering the strong influence that poverty has on parents and children. We can no longer argue that we live in a classless society, especially as it becomes clear that most governmental reforms are class based and affect poor families disproportionately. In this book, Dimitra Hartas explores parenting and its influence on children's learning and wellbeing while examining the impact of social class amidst policy initiatives to eradicate child poverty in 21st Century Britain.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
- Subject
- 2000-2099
- 2000-talet
- Child development
- Parenting
- Family policy
- Child welfare
- Children > Social conditions
- Equality
- Equality > Great Britain > History > 21st century
- Family policy > Great Britain > History > 21st century
- Parent and child > Great Britain > History > 21st century
- Poor families > Great Britain > Social conditions > 21st century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction; Ellie Lee -- PART I: PARENTING CULTURE -- 1. Intensive Parenting and the Expansion of Parenting; Charlotte Faircloth -- 2. Experts and Parenting Culture; Ellie Lee -- 3. The Politics of Parenting; Jan Macvarish -- 4. Who Cares for Children? The Problem of Intergenerational Contact; Jennie Bristow -- PART II: ESSAYS ON PARENTAL DETERMINISM -- 1. Policing Pregnancy: The Pregnant Woman who Drinks; Ellie Lee -- 2. The Problem of 'Attachment': The 'Detached' Parent; Charlotte Faircloth -- 3. Babies' Brains and Parenting Policy: The 'Insensitive' Mother; Jan Macvarish -- 4. Intensive Fatherhood? The (Un)involved Dad; Charlotte Faircloth -- 5. The Double Bind of Parenting Culture: Helicopter Parents and Cotton Wool Kids; Jennie Bristow -- Conclusion; Ellie Lee.
- ISBN
- 9780230354951
- 0230354955
- LCCN
- ^^2013038632
- OCLC
- 881072937
- SCSB-10666037
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library