Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Take It with a Grain of Salt: How Parents Encounter Experts and Advice 13
6. 2. Seen and Heard: Children’s Growing Freedom at Home 40
7. 3. Keeping Tabs on Kids: Children’s Shrinking Public Autonomy 60
8. 4. Mixed Messages about Responsibility: Children’s Duties and the Work of Parenting 89
9. 5. Psychology’s Child: Emotional Autonomy and the Privatization of the Self 120
10. 6. Conclusion 149
11. Appendix A: Sampling and Coding Procedures for Magazine Texts 163
12. Appendix B: Interview Methods and Summary Description of Respondents 167
13. Notes 169
14. Bibliography 189
15. Index 203
16. About the Author 213