Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child

Furedi, Frank

ISBN 10: 1556524641 / ISBN 13: 9781556524646

Published by Chicago Review Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556524641
• ISBN 13: 9781556524646
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Hardly a day goes by without parents being warned of a new threat to their children's well-being. Everything is dangerous: the crib, the babysitter, the school, the supermarket, the park. High-profile campaigns convince parents that their children's health, safety, and development are constantly at risk. Parents are criticized by one child-care expert after another, but even the experts can't agree on matters as simple as whether or not it is wise to sleep next to a child. Parents don't know whom to trust; the only clear message is that they can't trust themselves. Fresh and accessible, Paranoid Parenting suggests that parental anxieties themselves are the worst influence on children. Based on new sociological research as well as dozens of interviews with parents and experts throughout the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, this groundbreaking book will bolster parents' confidence in their own judgments and enable them to bring up confident, imaginative, and capable children.

About the Author

Frank Furedi is a professor of sociology at the University of Kent and the author of The Culture of Fear.