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Parenting, Family Policy and Children's Well-Being in an Unequal Society - A New Culture War for Parents (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
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Parenting, Family Policy and Children's Well-Being in an Unequal Society - A New Culture War for Parents (Paperback, 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
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Western societies face many challenges. The growing inequality and
the diminishing role of the welfare state and the rapid
accumulation of the resources of a finite planet at the top 1% have
made the world an inhospitable place to many families. Parents are
left alone to deal with the big societal problems and reverse their
impact on their children's educational achievement and life
chances. The 'average' working family is sliding down the social
ladder with a significant impact on children's learning and
wellbeing. We now know that parental involvement with children's
learning (although important in its own right) is not the primary
mechanism through which poverty translates to underachievement and
reduced social mobility. Far more relevant to children's learning
and emotional wellbeing is their parents' income and educational
qualifications. The mantra of 'what parents do matters' is
hypocritical considering the strong influence that poverty has on
parents and children. We can no longer argue that we live in a
classless society, especially as it becomes clear that most
governmental reforms are class based and affect poor families
disproportionately. In this book, Dimitra Hartas explores parenting
and its influence on children's learning and wellbeing while
examining the impact of social class amidst policy initiatives to
eradicate child poverty in 21st Century Britain.
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