Motherhood, Childhood, and Parenting in an Age of Education Taylor & Francis Ltd

Motherhood, Childhood, and Parenting in an Age of Education offers a conceptualization of the high demands of parenthood. Tracing the emerging narrative about the good mother, changes in the assumptions of what constitutes the good mother, and the implications for the good childhood, this book demonstrates that education is driving the formation of the parent and child roles in the dominant contemporary culture of the US. ...