The War Against Parents: What We Can Do For America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads.The War Against Parents: What We Can Do For America's Beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. Moms and Dads Sylvia Ann Hewlett Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist, consultant, lecturer, and expert on gender and workplace issues. A Kennedy Scholar and graduate of Cambridge University, Hewlett earned her Ph.D. degree in economics at London University. and Cornel West "Cornell West" redirects here. For the area of the Ithaca campus, see Cornell West Campus. Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American scholar and public intellectual. * When Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West came out with a book on family values family values pl.n. The moral and social values traditionally maintained and affirmed within a family. , even The Nation started shaking. Hewlett and West call American parents to organize and fight back against a society that talks the talk of family then abandons parents in an economic and political wasteland. The War Against Parents reviews a legislative history that helped build strong families (e.g. the GI bill and pro-labor laws), examines how the covenant with American families was broken, then points us in the direction of building a parents movement. The first plank in the platform is a "Parent's Bill of Rights," which includes paid parenting leave, a "living wage," legal and moral support for fathers, and family health coverage. Lest those without dependents feel left behind, remember that we are all stakeholders in the family trust. (Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers ) |
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