{"product_id":"kin-nam-nguyen-9781069754639","title":"Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCivilization is not inherited. It is raised.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the story of civilization has been hiding in plain sight - in the children each generation raises?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory is often told through kings, wars, inventions, empires, and revolutions. But beneath every civilization lies a quieter force: the way societies bring children into the world, protect them, discipline them, educate them, idealize them, depend on them, and prepare them for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eKIN: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization\u003c\/strong\u003e, Nam Nguyen explores childhood as one of the hidden forces of human history. From prehistoric families and ancient empires to schools, factories, nations, screens, climate anxiety, and artificial intelligence, \u003cstrong\u003eKIN\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the changing place of children in society - and reveals how deeply the future is shaped by the way each generation raises the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending history, psychology, anthropology, parenting, education, and cultural analysis, \u003cstrong\u003eKIN\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a sweeping new lens on the human story. It is not a parenting manual, but a serious and accessible work of big-idea nonfiction about how childhood reflects the values, fears, ambitions, and contradictions of every age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo understand a civilization, look at what it asks of its children.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in history, culture, parenting, childhood development, psychology, education, anthropology, society, and the future of civilization, \u003cstrong\u003eKIN\u003c\/strong\u003e is an ambitious reflection on how families and institutions shape not only children, but the world they will inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nam Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1069754633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781069754639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Octomind Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d","brand":"Nam Nguyen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084240756991,"sku":"9781069754639","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kin-nam-nguyen-9781069754639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}