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The Truth Behind the "Mommy Wars": Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?

by Miriam Peskowitz

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Publisher Comments:

The media, from Dr. Phil to the New York Times Magazine, is adamant that there is no love lost between working parents and those who stay home with their children, each fighting an ideological and economic war based on what they think is best for their children. Yet in reality, as Miriam Peskowitz powerfully discloses, parents don't want to fight one another at all; they simply want more options. Moreover, the very sides in this debate don't exist: one third of all mothers work part-time, falling into the vast abyss between full-time careerist and at-home mommy. How does the corporate climate in America force women to claim either a career or a family at any given time? Are the choices women are making-to either adjust careers, "carousel" in and out of the workplace, or quit altogether-really choices at all? And how do we expand the definition of productive worker to include an engaged parent? These questions and more are answered and explored in this moving and convincing treatise on the new-century collision between work and mothering.

Synopsis:

- Forty percent of mothers in the U.S. work full time, 25 percent stay at home and report no paid income, and 35 percent work part time

Product Details

ISBN:
9781580051293
Subtitle:
Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?
Author:
Peskowitz, Miriam
Publisher:
Seal Press (CA)
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Women & Business
Subject:
Parenting
Subject:
Motherhood
Subject:
Sociology - Marriage & Family
Subject:
Mothers
Subject:
Social Science-Sociology - Marriage & Family
Subject:
Parenting - Motherhood
Subject:
Mother and child
Copyright:
Publication Date:
April 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.36x5.52x.64 in. .71 lbs.
Age Level:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology/Marriage & Family

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