Review
"Searing indictment ... full of examples of parents' disproportionate worries." -- Current Books. "I recommend 'Paranoid Parenting' to every parent who has trouble getting beyond chapter four of a how-to-parent book." --Ann Arbor Family Press.
D.L. Stewart
"In 201 pages he supports what I have suspected all along. There is no such thing as a child-raising expert."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Dr Furedi's ideas on how to stop disabling today's youth and instead bring out their full potential is invaluable advice to all parents, carers and teachers."Paranoid Parenting" is an important book that shows how parental fears have been stoked and families harmed as a consequence. It ought to be read by every sensible individual interested in regaining a sane viewpoint that advances children's well-being. It seems that every day there is a warning about your children: everything from cots, babysitters, schools, supermarkets and public parks pose a danger. We are told that children's health, safety and welfare and constantly at risk. Based on sociological research as well as dozens of interviews, this book will bolster your confidence in your own judgements and enable you to bring up self-assured, imaginative, capable children. If you want to understand why adults act like children and children act like adults - in short, if you want to understand why raising children today is harder than ever before - read this book.
About the Author
Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of numerous books including Culture of Fear Revisited, Where Have all the Intellectuals Gone? and Invitation to Terror, all published by Continuum.
