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245 10 a| Overinvested :b| the emotional economy of modern parenting /c| Nina Bandelj.;

246 30 a| Emotional economy of modern parenting;

264 1 a| Princeton :b| Princeton University Press,c| [2026];

300 a| ix, 386 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| Includes bibliographical reference and index.;

520 a| "Parents are exhausted. When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort? In this eye-opening book, Nina Bandelj explains how we got to this point--how we turned children into financial and emotional investments and child-rearing into laborious work. At the turn of the twentieth century, children went from being economically useful, often working to support families, to being seen by their parents as vulnerable and emotionally priceless. In the new millennium, however, parents have become overinvested in the emotional economy of parenting. Analyzing in-depth interviews with parents, national financial datasets, and decades of child-rearing books, Bandelj reveals how parents today spend, save, and even go into debt for the sake of children. They take on parenting as the hardest but most important job, and commit their entire selves to being a good parent. The economization and emotionalization of society work together to drive parental overinvestment, offering a dizzying array of products and platforms to turn children into human capital--from financial instruments to extracurricular programs to therapeutic parenting advice. And yet, Bandelj warns, the privatization of child-rearing and devotion of parents' monies, emotions, and souls ultimately hurt the well-being of children, parents, and society. Overinvested offers a compelling argument that we should reimagine children and what it means to raise them."--c| Publisher's website.;

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Overinvested : the emotional economy of modern parenting / Nina Bandelj.

Author/creator	Bandelj, Nina author.
Format	Book
Publication	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	ix, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Child rearing--Economic aspects. Child rearing. Parents--Psychology. Parents--Economic conditions.

Portion of title	Emotional economy of modern parenting
Contents	The child as human capital -- Our emotional lives -- Invested parenting -- The price of priceless childcare -- Affording (or not) a good education -- Labor of love -- Mom's (impossible) job -- The parenting business and its underbelly -- The tragedy of the parenting commons.
Abstract	"Parents are exhausted. When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort? In this eye-opening book, Nina Bandelj explains how we got to this point--how we turned children into financial and emotional investments and child-rearing into laborious work. At the turn of the twentieth century, children went from being economically useful, often working to support families, to being seen by their parents as vulnerable and emotionally priceless. In the new millennium, however, parents have become overinvested in the emotional economy of parenting. Analyzing in-depth interviews with parents, national financial datasets, and decades of child-rearing books, Bandelj reveals how parents today spend, save, and even go into debt for the sake of children. They take on parenting as the hardest but most important job, and commit their entire selves to being a good parent. The economization and emotionalization of society work together to drive parental overinvestment, offering a dizzying array of products and platforms to turn children into human capital--from financial instruments to extracurricular programs to therapeutic parenting advice. And yet, Bandelj warns, the privatization of child-rearing and devotion of parents' monies, emotions, and souls ultimately hurt the well-being of children, parents, and society. Overinvested offers a compelling argument that we should reimagine children and what it means to raise them."-- Publisher's website.
General note	Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780691270067
ISBN	9780691270043 hardback
ISBN	069127004X
Standard identifier#	CIPO000317127

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