A array of childcare and preschool options blossomed in the 1970s
as the feminist movement spurred mothers into careers and community
organizations nurtured new programs. Now a small circle of
activists aims to bring more order to childhood, seeking to create
a more standard, state-run preschool system. For young children
already facing the rigors of play dates and harried parents
juggling the strains of work and family, government is moving in to
standardize childhood. Sociologist Bruce Fuller traveled the
country to understand the ideologies of childhood and the raw
political forces at play. He details how progressives earnestly
seek to extend the rigors of public schooling down into the lives
of very young children. Fuller then illuminates the stiff
resistance from those who hold less trust in government solutions
and more faith in nonprofits and local groups in contributing to
the upbringing of young children. The call for universal preschool
is a new front in the culture wars, raising sharp questions about
American families, cultural diversity, and the appropriate role of
the state in the lives of our young children. Standardized
Childhood shows why the universal preschool movement is attracting
such robust support-and strident opposition-nationwide.
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