• 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.

  • The best books on Millennials - The Playdate: Parents, Children and the New Expectations of Play by Tamara Mose
  • The best books on Millennials - Producing Excellence: The Making of Virtuosos by Izabela Wagner
  • The best books on Millennials - Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits by Kevin Roose
  • The best books on Millennials - Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys by Victor M Rios
  • The best books on Millennials - Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Women's Oppression by Christine Delphy

The best books on Millennials, recommended by Malcolm Harris

The Millennial cohort is often characterised as a shallow, social media-obsessed generation that puts avocado toast ahead of the future. But in reality they are overeducated, underemployed and beset by anxiety, says Malcolm Harris, millennial and author of Kids These Days. Here he selects five books that paint a more accurate portrait of the first generation to come of age in the 21st century.