The War Against Parents, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West
The War Against Parents, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West
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The War Against Parents

Author: Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin and Lloyd James

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction


Synopsis

One of the bestkept secrets of the last thirty years is that big business, government, and the wider culture have waged a silent war against parents, undermining the work that they do.parents have been left twisting in the wind by a society intent on other agendas.from the bookIn The War against Parents, two different parents from diverse backgroundsa female economist from Wales and an African American religious studies professor from inner city Americacome together to assay what they describe as the worlds antagonism toward parenting. Analyzing the trends that have led to this shift of balance, from changing political and economic forces to the rise of television and divorce, they call for a Parents' Bill of Rights to restore the dignity of the parental role and our nation's commitment to the wellbeing of children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luke on June 11, 2024

It’s interesting to read a policy book a quarter century after it was written. References to “current” policies of the Clinton administration carried to me the language of “contemporary American history” but ultimately showed how enduring and unchanging the problems covered by the authors have been.......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on January 30, 2017

You can use this book to fire yourself up before you attend a feisty school board meeting. Or you can just read it to make you want to crawl back in bed and hide under the covers. Either way, it offers a lot of its information in percentages, i.e. "90% of poor children don't get x, y and z" or "78%......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 22, 2008

A bit unnerving in its exposure of structural causes of very personal difficulties, but as a sociologist, I was grateful to have this knowledge in my toolbox. Especially since I consider myself a potential parent with loads to learn.......more

Goodreads review by counter-hegemonicon on December 10, 2022

Super depressing but informative read about the state of American families. However the authors comes to some harmful conclusions and recommendations about keeping abusive families and marriages together, since this predates all the narcissism content......more

Goodreads review by Ronette on January 27, 2015

Incisive analysis from Dr. Cornell West and Sylvia Ann Hewlett. good suggestions for activism at the end.......more