{"product_id":"family-unfriendly-timothy-p-carney-9780063236462","title":"Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAlienated America\u003c\/em\u003e traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In \u003cem\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling author and \u003cem\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave more kids, have more fun, cancel the travel soccer games, let your kids wander off, and give them deeper sources of meaning than material success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an old-fashioned view, but every day the evidence validates it. Drawing on rigorous research--both as a reporter and as a dad of six--Carney demonstrates why modern parenting is so misguided. The high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents--and our kids--up to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearched over three years and written in between rec baseball games and church picnics where nobody was watching the kids, \u003cem\u003eFamily Unfriendly \u003c\/em\u003eis deeply wise, energetically told, and destined to be the most consequential book about parenting in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy P. Carney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 006323646X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063236462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2024","brand":"Timothy P. Carney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598212722943,"sku":"9780063236462","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0a37171-3d91-4960-81a1-a0c2fab80cfa.jpg?v=1702381227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-unfriendly-timothy-p-carney-9780063236462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}