Parents still have primary responsibility for raising children, but they must have the power to do so in ways consistent with their children's needs and their own values.... We must address ourselves less to the criticism and reform of parents themselves than to the criticism and reform of the institutions that sap their self-esteem and power.
The most important difference between these early American families and our own is that early families constituted economic unitsin which all members… - Kenneth Keniston
The most important difference between these early American families and our own is that early families constituted economic unitsin which all members…
- Kenneth Keniston
We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. We have al… - Kenneth Keniston
We measure the success of schools not by the kinds of human beings they promote but by whatever increases in reading scores they chalk up. We have al…
The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimate… - Kenneth Keniston
The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimate…
Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The pr… - Kenneth Keniston
Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The pr…
Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal wi… - Kenneth Keniston
Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal wi…
It is misleading to discuss recent changes in family life without emphasizing the fact that for generations some Americans have had to raise children… - Kenneth Keniston
It is misleading to discuss recent changes in family life without emphasizing the fact that for generations some Americans have had to raise children…
Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead paint,… - Kenneth Keniston
Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead paint,…
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals.... The familybecame a special pro… - Kenneth Keniston
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals.... The familybecame a special pro…
In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is n… - Kenneth Keniston
In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is n…
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