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Parenting on Earth

Parenting on Earth

Parenting on Earth

A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids—and Everyone Else

by Elizabeth Cripps

ISBN: 9780262047586

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 18, 2023

Being parents and being human: building hope for our children in a fragile world.
The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis

by Nate G. Hilger

ISBN: 9780262545945

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 4, 2023

On how parents have been set up to fail, and why helping them succeed is the key to achieving a fair and prosperous society. A Next Big Idea Club nominee.
Technology’s Child

Technology's Child

Technology's Child

Digital Media's Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up

by Katie Davis

ISBN: 9780262046961

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 7, 2023

How children engage with technology at each stage of development, from toddler to twentysomething, and how they can best be supported.
Long Days, Short Years

Long Days, Short Years

Long Days, Short Years

A Cultural History of Modern Parenting

by Andrew Bomback

ISBN: 9780262047159

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 9, 2022

How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids.
Sharenthood

Sharenthood

Sharenthood

Why We Should Think before We Talk about Our Kids Online

by Leah A. Plunkett

Foreword by John Palfrey

ISBN: 9780262539630

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 8, 2020

From baby pictures in the cloud to a high school's digital surveillance system: how adults unwittingly compromise children's privacy online.
Companions in Wonder

Companions in Wonder

Companions in Wonder

Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together

Edited by Julie Dunlap and Stephen R. Kellert

ISBN: 9780262516907

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 17, 2012

An anthology of adventures with children in the natural world, from capturing fireflies to encountering a grizzly bear.
Parentonomics

Parentonomics

Parentonomics

An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting

by Joshua Gans

With UNSW Press

ISBN: 9780262514972

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 27, 2010

What every parent needs to know about negotiating, incentives, outsourcing, and other strategies to solve the economic management problem that is parenting.
Generation Digital

Generation Digital

Generation Digital

Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet

by Kathryn C. Montgomery

ISBN: 9780262512565

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 13, 2009

The role that children and youth play in the emerging digital media culture; as consumers targeted by marketing campaigns, as creators of their own digital culture, and as political participants.
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