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Overinvested : the emotional economy of modern parenting /

What happens when children become investment projects and child-rearing becomes exhausting labor Parents are exhausted.When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bandelj, Nina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
Subjects:
Child rearing > Economic aspects.
Child rearing.
Parents > Psychology.
Parents > Economic conditions.
Éducation des enfants > Aspect économique.
Éducation des enfants.
Parents > Psychologie.
Parents > Conditions économiques.
Child rearing > Economic aspects
Child rearing
Parents > Psychology
Parents
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
Description
Summary:What happens when children become investment projects and child-rearing becomes exhausting labor Parents are exhausted.When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort?
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780691270067 (electronic bk.)
0691270066