03958nam 2200697Ia 450 991045716080332120200520144314.01-283-49198-297866134919850-8135-5221-410.36019/9780813552217(CKB)2550000000084306(EBL)859943(OCoLC)775873123(SSID)ssj0000608426(PQKBManifestationID)11367698(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000608426(PQKBWorkID)10591945(PQKB)10376887(MiAaPQ)EBC859943(MdBmJHUP)muse19685(DE-B1597)529732(DE-B1597)9780813552217(Au-PeEL)EBL859943(CaPaEBR)ebr10533630(CaONFJC)MIL349198(EXLCZ)99255000000008430620110120d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdult supervision required[electronic resource] private freedom and public constraints for parents and children /Markella B. RutherfordNew Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Pressc20111 online resource (227 p.)Families in focusDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-5149-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Take It with a Grain of Salt: How Parents Encounter Experts and Advice -- 2. Seen and Heard: Children’s Growing Freedom at Home -- 3. Keeping Tabs on Kids: Children’s Shrinking Public Autonomy -- 4. Mixed Messages about Responsibility: Children’s Duties and the Work of Parenting -- 5. Psychology’s Child: Emotional Autonomy and the Privatization of the Self -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Sampling and Coding Procedures for Magazine Texts -- Appendix B: Interview Methods and Summary Description of Respondents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author Adult Supervision Required considers the contradictory ways in which contemporary American culture has imagined individual autonomy for parents and children. In many ways, today’s parents and children have more freedom than ever before. There is widespread respect for children’s autonomy as distinct individuals, and a broad range of parenting styles are flourishing. Yet it may also be fair to say that there is an unprecedented fear of children’s and parents’ freedom. Dread about Amber Alerts and “stranger danger” have put an end to the unsupervised outdoor play enjoyed by earlier generations of suburban kids. Similarly, fear of bad parenting has not only given rise to a cottage industry of advice books for anxious parents, but has also granted state agencies greater power to police the family. Using popular parenting advice literature as a springboard for a broader sociological analysis of the American family, Markella B. Rutherford explores how our increasingly psychological conception of the family might be jeopardizing our appreciation for parents’ and children’s public lives and civil liberties.Families in focus.ParentingSocial aspectsUnited StatesChild rearingUnited StatesParent and childUnited StatesMass media and familiesUnited StatesElectronic books.ParentingSocial aspectsChild rearingParent and childMass media and families649/.109730904Rutherford Markella B.1973-1036734MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457160803321Adult supervision required2457241UNINA