Book · 2004 · Social Science
Raising America
Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children
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There's a 2003 book by Ann Hulbert called Raising America, Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children. It does a great job showing how many flip-flops there have been over time.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · May 2019 Why people recommend it
Ann Hulbert's book Raising America explores the century-long evolution of child-rearing guidance and the various experts who shaped it. The book was discussed on Freakonomics Radio by Stephen Dubner across multiple episodes, specifically in May 2019 and September 2013, while he was examining how parenting trends have shifted dramatically over generations. Dubner utilized Hulbert's research to demonstrate the constant state of flux that has characterized American parenting advice throughout history. By pointing to Raising America, he illustrated how experts, parents, and cultural institutions have repeatedly contradicted themselves over the decades regarding the best methods to raise children. The book serves as a historical roadmap of these recurring pendulum swings in child-rearing philosophy. Dubner's references to Hulbert's work highlighted the recurring cycle of anxiety and shifting authority figures that parents have navigated for over a century. Through these discussions, the podcast used Hulbert's insights to contextualize modern parenting debates within a longer, more humorous tradition of changing expert consensus.
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Stephen Dubner There's a 2003 book by Ann Hulbert called Raising America, Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About… 2
“There's a 2003 book by Ann Hulbert called Raising America, Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children. It does a great job showing how many flip-flops there have been over time.”
“That's Ann Hulbert. She wrote a book called Raising America. Experts, parents, and a century of advice about children.”
