The War Against Parents

What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads

Author: Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Secondary Author: Cornel West
ISBN: 0395891698

A white woman and a black man come together to address the burning social issue of our time: the virtual abandonment of parents - poor and middle class - by our business, political, and cultural elites. Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West call for a Parents' Bill of Rights that gives new value and dignity to the parental role and restores our nation's commitment to the well-being of children. Hewlett and West show how for thirty years big business, government, and the wider culture have waged a silent war against parents. We live in a nation where market work, centered on profits and greed, increasingly crowds out nonmarket work, centered on commitment and care. In calling for a Parents' Bill of Rights, the authors seek to unite America's 62 million parents behind an agenda that spans the divides of race, gender, and class.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publish Date: 1999-04-13

Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / General, Political Science / American Government / General, Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Parenting)