| #77086 in Books | 2003-09-11 | Format: CLV | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .82 x6.32 x8.98l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 343 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good read!|By Jazzman|Required reading for a sociology class on family and thoroughly enjoyed reading the stories of the people involved in Lareau's research. Concepts on various forms of child rearing at not new and has lead to heated debates as to what constitutes the preferred form. Lareau's research represents contrasting aspects of families, children and expectations acro
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal Childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of "leisure" activities; and here are families with plenty of time but little economic security. Lareau shows how middle-class parents,...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life | Annette Lareau. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
