Unequal Childhoods
Class, Race, and Family Life, Second Edition, with an Update a Decade Later
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Unequal Childhoods
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Narrated by:
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Xe Sands
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By:
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Annette Lareau
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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, whether black or white, engage in a process of "concerted cultivation" designed to draw out children's talents and skills, while working-class and poor families rely on "the accomplishment of natural growth," in which a child's development unfolds spontaneously-as long as basic comfort, food, and shelter are provided.
©2003; revised 2011 Annette Lareau (P)2011 TantorCritic Reviews
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- Anonymous User
- 23-03-2023
In-depth qualitative research on the influence of socioeconomic levels in child development
This book provides an in depth account of child development among families with different socioeconomic levels. It is thought-provoking and increases potential understanding of the risk and protective factors of each SES level.
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