The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads

Description: The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West "Given the crises faced today by all children, especially poor and black children, many of whom are struggling to beat insurmountable odds, it is time for our society to look at what we can do to make parents' jobs easier and how we can change some of the things we are doing that are making it more difficult than necessary to raise children. This is a timely book that brings an urgent problem into much clearer focus." - MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, president, Children's Defense Fund 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 wellbeing of children. Hewlett and West show how for thirty years big business, government, and the wider culture have waged a silent war against parents. Moms and dads have been hurt by managerial greed, pounded by tax and housing policy, and invaded and degraded by the media. As a re-sult, children have been left home alone to raise themselves on a thin and cruel diet of junk food, gangster rap, and trash talk shows. 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. The War Against Parents is both a visionary and an intimate book. Hewlett and West explore their childhoods — strangely similar stories of growing up in fam-ily-centered blue-collar communities in Wales and California — and with striking candor tell of their struggles to be a good mother and a good father in our parent-hurting society. Lending moral heft to the work parents do, Hewlett and West provide comfort and hope. There is not a parent among us who is not hungry for such healing. Shipping: We are located in Southern California. When your order is placed before 11:00 AM Monday through Saturday Pacific Time your item will ship the same day (except on holidays) We use new poly bubble mailers on most items that fit into a 13.5” x 9.5” bag and reuse shipping boxes for larger items. We always make sure that on our end your package is well secured for the long journey towards you. Product: See all pictures prior to purchase! The item being shown on the pictures is the item that will be shipped. We do our best to photograph any marks or damage on the item. Most books are used and have a label on the fist page that reads "This Belongs To" or a stamp with the following initials “MVFOL”. Feel free to contact seller if you have any questions or if you would like any additional pictures. Thanks and enjoy.

Price: 8.99 USD

Location: Perris, California

End Time: 2024-11-08T00:04:54.000Z

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