Arlie Russell Hochschild Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents in Sweden.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Children, America, Parent

• The more we rely on the market, the more hooked we become on its promises: Do you need a tidier closet? A nicer family picture album? Elderly parents who are truly well cared for? Children who have an edge in school, on tests, in college and beyond? If we can afford the services involved, many if not most of us are prone to say, 'Sure, why not?

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Children, School, College

• If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child's needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Football, Mother, Children

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