Overview
How parenting became a verb, from Dr. Spock and June Cleaver to baby whispering and free-range kids. When did parenting become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past--the Cleavers, the Bradys, the Conners--didn't seem to lose any sleep about their parenting methods. Today, parents are likely to be up late, doomscrolling on parenting websites. In Long Days, Short Years, Andrew Bomback--physician, writer, and father of three young children--looks at why it can be so much fun to be a parent but, at the same time, so frustrating and difficult to parent. It's not a how to book (although Bomback has read plenty of these) but a how come book, investigating the emergence of an immersive, all-in approach to raising children that has made parenting a competitive (and often not very enjoyable) sport. Drawing on parenting books, mommy blogs, and historical accounts of parental duties as well as novels, films, podcasts, television shows, and his own experiences as a parent, Bomback charts the cultural history of parenting as a skill to be mastered, from the laid-back Dr. Spock's 1950s childcare bible--in some years outsold only by the actual Bible--to the more rigid training schedules of Babywise. Along the way, he considers the high costs of commercialized parenting (from the babymoon on), the pressure on mothers to have it all (and do it all), scripted parenting as laid out in How to Talk So Kids Will Listen, parenting during a pandemic, and much more.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Bomback ,
George Newbern
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 14.20cm
Weight: 0.091kg
ISBN: 9798212191364
Publication Date: 09 August 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"Physician and father Andrew Bomback brings remarkable compassion to this meditation on the work of parenting. Long Days, Short Years is an insightful and enjoyable read. -- ""Amy Fusselman, author of The Means"""
Physician and father Andrew Bomback brings remarkable compassion to this meditation on the work of parenting. Long Days, Short Years is an insightful and enjoyable read. -- Amy Fusselman, author of The Means
Author Information
Andrew Bomback is Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the author of Doctor. His essays have appeared in the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. George Newbern has appeared in Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride II, Evening Star, Adventures in Babysitting, and many other films. On television, he has had roles on Scandal, Friends, Nip/Tuck, Hot in Cleveland, CSI, and more. He is also known for providing the voice of Superman in Justice League and for narrating audiobooks.
