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020 $a9781250089557 (hbk.) :$cNT$945
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100 1 $aBrooks, Kim (Author and essayist).
245 10$aSmall animals :$bparenthood in the age of fear /$cKim Brooks.
246 30$aParenthood in the age of fear.
260 $aNew York :$bFlatiron Books,$c2018.
300 $axi, 242 pages ;$c25 cm.
505 0 $aSOCIOLOGY: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS. One cool spring morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four- year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and ultimately motivated her to begin writing about the broader subject of parenthood and fear. In SMALL ANIMALS, Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal than or profound than fear? To be a parent is to be afraid. And yet, the objects and intensity of our fear vary based on culture, temperament, and the historical moment in which we live. rooks blends personal memoir, investigative reporting and sociological critique to ask: Why have our notions of what it means to be a good parent changed so radically in the course of a generation? In what ways do these changes impact the lives of parents, children, and the structure of society at large?
650 0$aParenthood$zUnited States.
650 0$aMother and child$zUnited States.
650 0$aFear$zUnited States.
650 0$aChild welfare$zUnited States.
650 0$aAnecdotes.
650 0$aAutobiographies.