Raising Hell. Phillip Longman.
by Longman, Phillip; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 8Family. Publisher: Washington Monthly, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Child care -- Costs | Child rearing | Economic assistance -- Domestic | Family -- Economic aspects | Family policy | Family size | Fertility -- Human -- Statistics | Human capital | ParentingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Elected officials love to talk about 'family values' but shy away from proposing anything big or new that would actually help parents juggle the tasks of earning a living and raising a family. The only explanation seems to be that most voters--probably even most parents--don't think that those who nurture the next generation are unfairly burdened." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author opines that nurturing children is an essential form of public service, that successful parenting is "vital to a nation's survival, with the new realities created by aging and the deepening demand for human capital formation" and that "a society that fails to recognize, much less honor, its debts to those who form the next generation may expect to vanish."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Raising Hell, March 2004; pp. 17-24.
"Elected officials love to talk about 'family values' but shy away from proposing anything big or new that would actually help parents juggle the tasks of earning a living and raising a family. The only explanation seems to be that most voters--probably even most parents--don't think that those who nurture the next generation are unfairly burdened." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author opines that nurturing children is an essential form of public service, that successful parenting is "vital to a nation's survival, with the new realities created by aging and the deepening demand for human capital formation" and that "a society that fails to recognize, much less honor, its debts to those who form the next generation may expect to vanish."
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