"The Problem with Parenting serves as an essential guide to the recent origins and current excesses of American parenting for students, parents, and policy makers interested in the changing role of the family in childrearing"-- Provided by publisher.

Why parenting is different -- Parenting's anti-social socialization -- The end of the child-centered families -- The new rules of parenting culture -- Parenting before parenthood: fetal alcohol syndrome and the transformation of pregnancy -- Infant-feeding and the reconstruction of motherhood: the cost of breastfeeding orthodoxy -- Gender neutral parenting's fight against social norms -- Helicopter parents versus free-range kids -- Solving the problem with parenting.