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Book

The parent trap : how to stop overloading parents and fix our inequality crisis

Call Number

  • 649.1 H644 (OSH)

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Publication Information

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Physical Description

296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"A trade book making the economic case for more systematic support of parents in developing their children's skills"--

Contents

  • An alternate reality
  • What parents really do
  • Teaching old parents new tricks
  • Why parents can't build skills on their own
  • Skill development and racial inequality
  • Getting more by asking for less
  • Why we don't invest in skill development.

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