Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Invest!
7. 1 The Child as Human Capital 23
8. 2 Our Emotional Lives 51
9. 3 Invested Parenting 73
10. Part II Finance!
11. 4 The Price of Priceless Childcare 97
12. 5 Affording (Or Not) a Good Education 119
13. Part III Labor!
14. 6 Labor of Love 145
15. 7 Mom’s (Impossible) Job 168
16. Part IV Stop! (or, What Has the Parenting Economy Wrought)
17. 8 The Parenting Business and Its Underbelly 189
18. 9 The Tragedy of the Parenting Commons 213
19. Conclusion 239
20. Acknowledgments 257
21. Methodological Appendix 261
22. Notes 293
23. References 327
24. Index 371