LEADER 04230nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910818169703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-5908-4 010 $a0-8147-5868-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814759080 035 $a(CKB)2560000000013055 035 $a(EBL)865681 035 $a(OCoLC)779828185 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10475266 035 $a(PQKB)10291532 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865681 035 $a(OCoLC)615600424 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4841 035 $a(DE-B1597)548252 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814759080 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865681 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386276 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000013055 100 $a20091120d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aParenting out of control $eanxious parents in uncertain times /$fMargaret K. Nelson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York, NY $cNew York University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (x, 257 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-6389-8 311 $a0-8147-5853-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tLooking toward an Uncertain Future --$tLooking Back --$tClear and Present Dangers --$tHow They Parent --$tStaying Connected --$tConstraining Practices --$tWhat They?re Hiding --$tFrom Care to Control. 330 $aThey go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). The news media is filled with stories of well-intentioned parents going to ridiculous extremes to remove all obstacles from their child?s path to greatness . . . or at least to an ivy league school. From cradle to college, they remain intimately enmeshed in their children?s lives, stifling their development and creating infantilized, spoiled, immature adults unprepared to make the decisions necessary for the real world. Or so the story goes.Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening interviews with parents across the country, Margaret K. Nelson cuts through the stereotypes and hyperbole to examine the realities of what she terms ?parenting out of control.? Situating this phenomenon within a broad sociological context, she finds several striking explanations for why today?s prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries when it comes to raising their children. Analyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies they use to reach them, Nelson discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes.Nelson goes on to explore the new ways technology shapes modern parenting. From baby monitors to cell phones (often referred to as the world?s longest umbilical cord), to social networking sites, and even GPS devices, parents have more tools at their disposal than ever before to communicate with, supervise, and even spy on their children. These play important and often surprising roles in the phenomenon of parenting out of control. Yet the technologies parents choose, and those they refuse to use, often seem counterintuitive. Nelson shows that these choices make sense when viewed in the light of class expectations.Today?s parents are faced with unprecedented opportunities and dangers for their children, and are evolving novel strategies to adapt to these changes. Nelson?s lucid and insightful work provides an authoritative examination of what happens when these new strategies go too far. 606 $aParenting$zUnited States 606 $aParent and child$zUnited States 615 0$aParenting 615 0$aParent and child 676 $a649/.10973 700 $aNelson$b Margaret K.$f1944-$0895057 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818169703321 996 $aParenting out of control$94079785 997 $aUNINA