If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child's needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.


The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101575512

Arlie Russell Hochschild Quotes

If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being mother's only accomplishment, today's...

If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being mother's only accomplishment, today's...

If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being mother's only accomplishment, today's...

If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being mother's only accomplishment, today's...