Home-alone America : the hidden toll of day care, behavioral drugs, and other parent substitutes / Mary Eberstadt.

By:

Eberstadt, Mary

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Sentinel, 2004.Description: xx, 218 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1595230041
9781595230041

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DDC classification:

306.874 22 EBE

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Contents:

The real trouble with day care -- The furious child problem -- Why Dick and Jane are fat -- The mental health catastrophe -- Wonder drugs and double standards -- "Ozzie and Harriet, come back!" : the primal scream of teenage music -- The ravages of "responsible" teenage sex -- Specialty boarding schools, tough love or ultimate outsourcing? -- Conclusion: Beyond the blame game.

Summary: The author reopens the politically incorrect question of just how much children need their parents, especially their mothers. She contends that absent parents--and children who feel like just another chore to be outsourced--are the common denominator of recent epidemics among young people, including obesity, STDs, behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder, and the use of psychiatric medication in even very young children; and asks whether this trend has already reached a tipping point in American society.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	306.874 EBE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Gifted / Donated Books		29286

The real trouble with day care --
The furious child problem --
Why Dick and Jane are fat --
The mental health catastrophe --
Wonder drugs and double standards --
"Ozzie and Harriet, come back!" : the primal scream of teenage music --
The ravages of "responsible" teenage sex --
Specialty boarding schools, tough love or ultimate outsourcing? --
Conclusion: Beyond the blame game.

The author reopens the politically incorrect question of just how much children need their parents, especially their mothers. She contends that absent parents--and children who feel like just another chore to be outsourced--are the common denominator of recent epidemics among young people, including obesity, STDs, behavioral problems such as attention deficit disorder, and the use of psychiatric medication in even very young children; and asks whether this trend has already reached a tipping point in American society.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.

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