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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
April 29, 2016
Pages
263
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226183367
ISBN-10
022618336X
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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Helicopter parentsâthe kind that continue to hover even in collegeâare one of the most ridiculed figures of twenty-first-century parenting, criticized for creating entitled young adults who boomerang back home. But do involved parents really damage their children and burden universities? In this book, sociologist Laura T. Hamilton illuminates the lives of young women and their families to ask just what role parents play during the crucial college years.
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Hamilton vividly captures the parenting approaches of mothers and fathers from all walks of lifeâfrom a CFO for a Fortune 500 company to a waitress at a roadside diner. As she shows, parents are guided by different visions of the ideal college experience, built around classed notions of womenâs work/family plans and the ideal age to âgrow up.â Some are intensively involved and hold adulthood at bay to cultivate specific traits: professional helicopters, for instance, help develop the skills and credentials that will advance their daughtersâ careers, while pink helicopters emphasize appearance, charm, and social ties in the hopes that women will secure a wealthy mate. In sharp contrast, bystander parentsâwhose influence is often limited by economic concernsâare relegated to the sidelines of their daughterâs lives. Finally, paramedic parentsâwho can come from a wide range of class backgroundsâsit in the middle, intervening in emergencies but otherwise valuing self-sufficiency above all.
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Analyzing the effects of each of these approaches with clarity and depth, Hamilton ultimately argues that successfully navigating many colleges and universities without involved parents is nearly impossible, and that schools themselves are increasingly dependent on active parents for a wide array of tasks, with intended and unintended consequences. Altogether, Parenting to a Degree offers an incisive look into the newâand sometimes problematicârelationship between students, parents, and universities.Â
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Hamilton vividly captures the parenting approaches of mothers and fathers from all walks of lifeâfrom a CFO for a Fortune 500 company to a waitress at a roadside diner. As she shows, parents are guided by different visions of the ideal college experience, built around classed notions of womenâs work/family plans and the ideal age to âgrow up.â Some are intensively involved and hold adulthood at bay to cultivate specific traits: professional helicopters, for instance, help develop the skills and credentials that will advance their daughtersâ careers, while pink helicopters emphasize appearance, charm, and social ties in the hopes that women will secure a wealthy mate. In sharp contrast, bystander parentsâwhose influence is often limited by economic concernsâare relegated to the sidelines of their daughterâs lives. Finally, paramedic parentsâwho can come from a wide range of class backgroundsâsit in the middle, intervening in emergencies but otherwise valuing self-sufficiency above all.
          Â
Analyzing the effects of each of these approaches with clarity and depth, Hamilton ultimately argues that successfully navigating many colleges and universities without involved parents is nearly impossible, and that schools themselves are increasingly dependent on active parents for a wide array of tasks, with intended and unintended consequences. Altogether, Parenting to a Degree offers an incisive look into the newâand sometimes problematicârelationship between students, parents, and universities.Â
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About: Helicopter parentsâthe kind that continue to hover even in collegeâare one of the most ridiculed figures of twenty-first-century parenting, criticized for creating entitled young adults who boomerang back home.
About: Helicopter parentsâthe kind that continue to hover even in collegeâare one of the most ridiculed figures of twenty-first-century parenting, criticized for creating entitled young adults who boomerang back home.
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