Long Days, Short Years: A Cultural History of Modern Parenting (Hardcover, 2022)

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Type
Novel
Literary Movement
Modernism
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Original Language
English
Inscribed
No
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
No
ISBN
9780262047159
Book Title
Long Days, Short Years : a Cultural History of Modern Parenting
Publisher
MIT Press
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2022
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Andrew Bomback
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
Topic
Parenting / General, Sociology / General, Social History, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Width
7.6 in
Number of Pages
184 Pages
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262047152
ISBN-13
9780262047159
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10057246812

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Book Title
Long Days, Short Years : a Cultural History of Modern Parenting
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Parenting / General, Sociology / General, Social History, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Social Science, History
Author
Andrew Bomback
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
7.6 in

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LCCN
2021-047583
Reviews
"Bomback's work on modern parenthood takes on many prevalent topics, including economic anxiety, social pressures, and the tension between careers and family life. His narrative also reveals the internal pressures that parents face to become the best they can be in that role, while recognizing the limits of their resources, patience, and personalities...His empathy and frankness shine through on each page. This book is enjoyable to read and likely to be validating for many parents of young children." -- Library Journal
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20211001
Dewey Decimal
649/.1
Table Of Content
Author's Note xi 1 How Parent Became My Verb 1 2 How Parent Became Everyone's Verb 9 3 Playing the Role of Parent 25 4 For Sale 41 5 Maddened/Melted 51 6 We Are Here to Help (I) 69 7 We Are Here to Help (II) 83 8 Parents Strike Back 97 9 Precision Parenting 109 Epilogue: Parenting during a Pandemic 129 Acknowledgments 143 Notes 145 Index 157
Synopsis
How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids. When did "parenting" become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past-the Cleavers, the Bradys, the Conners-didn't seem to lose any sleep about their parenting methods. Today, parents are likely to be up late, doomscrolling on parenting websites. In Long Days, Short Years , Andrew Bomback-physician, writer, and father of three young children-looks at why it can be so much fun to be a parent but, at the same time, so frustrating and difficult to parent. It's not a "how to" book (although Bomback has read plenty of these) but a "how come" book, investigating the emergence of an immersive, all-in approach to raising children that has made parenting a competitive (and often not very enjoyable) sport. Drawing on parenting books, mommy blogs, and historical accounts of parental duties as well as novels, films, podcasts, television shows, and his own experiences as a parent, Bomback charts the cultural history of parenting as a skill to be mastered, from the laid-back Dr. Spock's 1950s childcare bible-in some years outsold only by the actual Bible-to the more rigid training schedules of Babywise . Along the way, he considers the high costs of commercialized parenting (from the babymoon on), the pressure on mothers to have it all (and do it all), scripted parenting as laid out in How to Talk So Kids Will Listen , parenting during a pandemic, and much more.
LC Classification Number
HQ755.8.B646 2022

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