{"product_id":"family-unfriendly-how-our-culture-made-raising-kids-much-harder-than-it-needs-to-be-hardcover","title":"Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy P. Carney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlienated America\u003c\/i\u003e traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur culture tells parents there's 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 can't do that, don't bother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In \u003ci\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e, bestselling author and \u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 the parental anxiety endemic to modern parenting is so misguided. The high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents--and our kids--up to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearched over three years and written in between rec baseball games and church picnics where nobody was watching the kids, \u003ci\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply wise, energetically told, and destined to be one of the most consequential parenting books in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto for a different way, offering sanity-saving, research-backed principles for today's parents: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelicopter Parenting: \u003c\/b\u003e Why the travel teams, endless activities, and achievement-obsessed culture are burning out parents and kids--and how to reclaim your weekends and your sanity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChildhood Independence: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the research-backed benefits of letting kids be kids, from playing unsupervised to finding their own way home when the streetlights turn on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCounter-Cultural Parenting: \u003c\/b\u003e A practical guide to giving children deeper sources of meaning than material success and Ivy League admissions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Return to Community: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn from the author's experience as a dad of six how to build a 'village' where neighbors, church picnics, and rec baseball replace the pressure to be a perfect parent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53446808142131,"sku":"9780063236462","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/family-unfriendly-how-our-culture-made-raising-kids-much-harder-than-it-needs-to-be-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}