Standing Up to Supernanny (Societas) - Softcover

Bristow, Jennie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845401700 ISBN 13: 9781845401702

Publisher: Societas, 2009

Synopsis

Parenthood, we are told, requires a massive adjustment to our lives, emotions, and relationships, and we have to be taught how to deal with that. But can it really be so bad that we need constant counselling and parenting classes? It is a myth that today's parents are hopeless and lazy: in many ways, we have become too diligent, too hopeful of great outcomes and clear rewards, to the point where we lose ourselves in trying to provide some kind of professional service to our children. The current obsession with perfect parenting increases our insecurity and distrust of each other, and diminishes our authority over our kids. This book is about asking: Why have we invited Supernanny into our living rooms - and how can we kick her out?

About this title

About the Author:

Jennie Bristow is a journalist whose writing focuses on parenting issues and inter-generational relations. She writes the monthly "Guide for Subversive Parenting" for the online publication SPIKED, and runs the website parentswithattitude.com.

Review:

"Bristow and colleagues rightly see the means to correct alleged failures of parents as often a diversion from tackling poverty."

(Terry Philpot Young Minds Magazine)

"An engaging and witty critique of the tsunami of state meddling in family affairs."

(Ann Furedi Spiked!)

"This book is very readable and should be read by parenting and Sure Start workers because it is important to keep questioning what they are doing."

(Charlotte Goddard Children and Young People Now)

About this edition

• Publisher: Societas
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845401700
• ISBN 13: 9781845401702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150