Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs T

Description: Family Unfriendly by Timothy P. Carney "Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney explains why parenting is harder and children are less happy than a generation ago"-- FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now And why are the results so badOur culture tells parents theres one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you cant do that, dont bother.How is that going Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says its time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.Have more kids, have more fun, cancel the travel soccer games, let your kids wander off, and give them deeper sources of meaning than material success. This is an old-fashioned view, but every day the evidence validates it. Drawing on rigorous research—both as a reporter and as a dad of six—Carney demonstrates why modern parenting is so misguided. The high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents—and our kids—up to fail.Researched over three years and written in between rec baseball games and church picnics where nobody was watching the kids, Family Unfriendly is deeply wise, energetically told, and destined to be the most consequential book about parenting in years. Author Biography Timothy P. Carney is the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money and Obamanomics: How Barack Obama is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses. Review "Americans are overwhelmed by the idea of raising kids--and understandably so. Tim Carneys Family Unfriendly is the book we all need to understand the problems, and then meet them head-on with hope and joy." -- Arthur Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School; coauthor with Oprah Winfrey of Build the Life You Want"Family Unfriendly is provocative, funny, warm, and moving. Even when Carney and I disagree, he makes me think hard about what kind of writer, mother, and neighbor I want to be. If more lawmakers and institutions adopted the same curiosity and joy that Carney displays here, American families would be a lot better off." -- Alyssa Rosenberg, columnist for the Washington Post"Tim Carney takes an unblinking look at the impact of contemporary culture on marriage, procreation and demography, and family life. He documents what at some level we all know: our culture--and much of our public policy--is decidedly family unfriendly. The results? Declining marriage rates, fewer children, less childhood happiness, and more parental anxiety. But Carney doesnt stop there, as so many conservative cultural critics do. Rather, he points the way to reform and renewal." -- Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University"Family Unfriendly is a treasure: studded with valuable facts that every policymaker needs to know; and sparkling with wit that will delight parents and nonparents alike. Anyone interested in creating a happier home, or a better America, should read this book." -- Mary Eberstadt, author of Primal Screams and Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited Details ISBN006323646X Author Timothy P. Carney Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780063236462 Format Hardcover Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2024-02-13 Audience General Imprint HarperCollins Subtitle How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs To Be Place of Publication New York, NY DEWEY 649.1 Publication Date 2024-03-19 US Release Date 2024-03-19 NZ Release Date 2024-07-30 AU Release Date 2024-07-30 Pages 368 Imprint US Harper Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168570430;

Price: 46.19 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2025-01-07T02:41:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.6 AUD