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Parenting, Inc How the Billion-Dollar Baby Business Has Changed the Way Weraise Our Children

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ISBN-10: 0805089241

ISBN-13: 9780805089240

Edition: 2009

Authors: Pamela Paul

List price: $23.99
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"An entire industry preys on parental anxiety . . . Paul tries to lead us out of the catastrophization of childhood."The New York Times Book ReviewParenting coaches, ergonomic strollers, music classes, sleep consultants, luxury diaper creams, a never-ending rotation of DVDs that will make a baby smarter, socially adept, and bilingual before age three. Time-strapped, anxious parents hoping to provide the best for their baby are the perfect mark for the "parenting" industry.InParenting, Inc., Pamela Paul investigates the whirligig of marketing hype, peer pressure, and easy consumerism that spins parents into purchasing overpriced products and raising overprotected, overstimulated, and…    
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Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 3/31/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Pamela Paul is the author of Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families and The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony. A frequent contributor to Time and The New York Times, she has also written for The Washington Post, Slate, Psychology Today, Redbook, Self, Ladies’ Home Journal, and The Economist. She and her family live in New York.

Introduction: The Mother Load
Gearing Up
Target: Parents
Trouble in Toyland
Let Us Edutain You
Class Time
Pampered
Outsourcing Parenthood
Conclusion: The Bottom Line
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index