{"product_id":"book-gt58","title":"Family Unfriendly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAlienated America\u003c\/em\u003e traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur culture tells parents there's one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can't do that, don't bother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In \u003cem\u003eFamily Unfriendly\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling author and \u003cem\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e columnist Timothy P. Carney says it's time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave more kids, have more fun, cancel the travel soccer games, let your kids wander off, and give them deeper sources of meaning than material success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an old-fashioned view, but every day the evidence validates it. Drawing on rigorous research—both as a reporter and as a dad of six—Carney demonstrates why modern parenting is so misguided. The high standards set for modern American parenting are unrealistic and setting parents—and our kids—up to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearched over three years and written in between rec baseball games and church picnics where nobody was watching the kids, \u003cem\u003eFamily Unfriendly \u003c\/em\u003eis deeply wise, energetically told, and destined to be the most consequential book about parenting in years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341853270320,"sku":"BDgt58","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49341853335856,"sku":"ZEgt58","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49341853434160,"sku":"ZMgt58","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gt58-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777629124","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gt58","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}