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.
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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