Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child

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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
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Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

Ann Arbor Family Press
I recommend Paranoid Parenting to every parent who has trouble getting beyond chapter four of a how-to-parent book.
Current Books
Searing indictment . . . full of examples of parents' disproportionate worries.
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Washington Post Book World
[A] provocative attack on contemporary family life.... This is not feel-good stuff. But it is a worthy wake-up call for those of us willing to hear it.
Publishers Weekly
A sociologist at the University of Kent, author (The Culture of Fear), and father of a six-year-old, Furedi doesn't tout his Ph.D. on his book jacket, perhaps to distance himself from the "experts" he hopes to topple here. Furedi argues that parents are not just worried but downright paranoid, due, in part, to a glut of much-publicized expert advice. In a well-constructed diatribe, Furedi outlines how parents have become victims of scare tactics about everything from breast vs. bottle to whether to let their kids play outside. Furedi first takes readers through a series of topics, ranging from pedophiles to co-sleeping, only to debunk that very climate of fear and anxiety that he accuses others of fueling. Lashing out at such venerable experts as Penelope Leach, Benjamin Spock and others, Furedi notes that experts often disagree, contradict themselves and shift their advice in reaction to the moral and cultural attitudes of the time. Claiming that society has become "child-obsessed rather than child-centered" Furedi calls for a return to reliance on parents' own instincts, and for the re-establishment of adult trust and collaboration in caring for children. Though prone to occasional bouts of exaggeration, Furedi's text is unsettling and insightful, and contemporary parents are sure to recognize themselves in these pages. Parents weary of glancing over their shoulders every time they fill a baby's bottle or head for the park will find this a welcome departure. "Parents are no more ignorant than the experts," Furedi concludes. His overriding message parents know best is one many will be happy to heed. (Oct.) Forecast: The book's controversial and unorthodox approach should get attention and with it, sales. Its suggestive cover may catch the eye of many bookstore browsers. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
In a time of child-snatching, Megan's Law, and "Amber alerts," Furedi (sociology, Univ. of Kent, UK) bravely critiques contemporary standards of child rearing. He asserts that self-described "experts" and the media have disenfranchised parents with pseudoscientific principles and contradictory advice. By exposing those myths and paradoxes, Furedi seeks to reempower parents with his global perspective, which reiterates the theories in many books and articles (e.g., the author's own Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low Expectations). His discussion relies on published research and statistics, interviews with parents, personal anecdotes, and a review of the most popular child-care manuals, ranging from those by Dr. Spock to Penelope Leach. This book is provocative, well argued, and clearly written, though the rhetoric can be stinging. Recommended for large public libraries and professional parenting collections, where it would complement similarly thoughtful and countercultural works like Bruno Bettelheim's A Good Enough Parent.-Antoinette Brinkman, MLS, Evansville, IN Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781556524646
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/1/2002
  • Pages: 234
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.50 (d)

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Frank Furedi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of numerous books including Culture of Fear, Invitation to Terror and Paranoid Parenting, all published by Continuum.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Making Sense of Parental Paranoia
2. The Myth of the Vulnerable Child
3. Parents as Gods
4. Parenting on Demand: a New Concept in Child Rearing
5. Parenting Turned into an Ordeal
6. The Problem of Holding the Line
7. Unclear Rules
8. Professional Power and the Erosion of Parental Authority 9. The Politicisation of Parenting

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