• Parenting: A Social Science Perspective - Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life by Annette Lareau
  • Parenting: A Social Science Perspective - How Children Succeed. Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
  • Parenting: A Social Science Perspective - Intelligence and How To Get It: Why Schools and Culture Count by Richard E. Nisbett
  • Parenting: A Social Science Perspective - Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage by Kathryn Edin & Maria Kefalas
  • Parenting: A Social Science Perspective - Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster

Parenting: A Social Science Perspective, recommended by Nate G. Hilger

We think of parenting as a level playing field because loving your kids and doing everything you can for them comes naturally and isn’t determined by socio-economic status. The problem is that it may not be enough, says economist Nate G. Hilger. Here, he argues for a more activist approach so that kids across society have an equal opportunity to do well in life.