What's Wrong With Day Care

by Siegel, Charles; Lasch, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780807739815
• ISBN10: 0807739812
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Written by a former househusband, this evocative and timely book challenges conventional wisdom about child care. Arguing that Americans have wrongly embraced day care and devalued work that is traditionally done by women, Charles Siegel reveals the negative effects of day care on children and the family. Moreover, he claims that for social and environmental reasons, both men and women must reevaluate modern life styles and recognize the value of the home economy, as well as that of the money economy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Christopher Lasch
Preface	xiii
The Family in Perspective	1	(11)
The Traditional Family	1	(2)
Blind Progress	3	(3)
The Limits of Growth	6	(2)
The 80-Hour Week	8	(2)
A New Feminism	10	(2)
Modernizing Away the Family	12	(18)
Families Today	12	(2)
The First Family Crisis	14	(1)
The Twentieth Century Versus the Family	15	(6)
Postwar America	21	(3)
The Decline of the Left	24	(6)
Psychological Effects of Day Care	30	(16)
The Reproduction of Character	30	(1)
Children of the Kibbutz	31	(4)
The Lonely Crowd	35	(5)
Love and Discipline	40	(3)
Needed Research	43	(3)
Legislation for Our Children	46	(19)
Time to Go Slow	46	(1)
Family and Day Care	47	(6)
Family and Schooling	53	(5)
Flexible Work Hours	58	(4)
Family-Friendly Tax Policies	62	(1)
No-Fault Divorce	63	(2)
Humanizing Our Economy	65	(22)
Money Economy and Use Economy	65	(2)
Working at Home	67	(5)
Voluntary Simplicity	72	(2)
Driving to the Poor House	74	(5)
The Neighborhood Economy	79	(3)
The Politics of Free Time	82	(5)
A New Direction	87	(20)
The Fall and Rise of Liberalism	87	(2)
The Organization Person	89	(1)
The Failure of the Left	90	(5)
A New Politics	95	(4)
The Homemaker as Role Model	99	(5)
Looking Back from 2030	104	(3)
Afterword: A Personal Note	107	(2)
Notes	109	(26)
Bibliography	135	(6)
Index	141	(10)
About the Author	151