In order to create a more secure world for children and their parents, Anne Alstott argues, we must fundamentally change the way we think about parents' obligations to children--and about society's obligations to parents. Drawing on the same innovative thinking that propelled her and Bruce Ackerman's influential workThe Stakeholder Society, Alstott proposes a solution both pragmatic and controversial. She outlines two unsentimental proposals intended to improve parents' economic options while respecting every individual's own choices about how best to combine paid work and child-rearing. Rejecting both state paternalism and easy libertarianism, Alstott's proposals are bold and unapologetic in their implications.
Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 - Why Continuity of Care is Important for Children - and Costly for Parents 1. 1 What is Continuity of Care? 2. The Cost of Continuity for Parents' Lives Part II - Why Society Imposes the No Exit Obligation - and What Society Owes Parents as a Result 3. Should Society Expect Parents to Provide Continuity of Care? 4. No Exit and Parental Autonomy Part III - New Programs to Assist Parents 5. Caretaker Resources Accounts 6. A Closer Look at Caretaker Resource Accounts 7. Life-Planning Insurance: Extra Help for Parents of Ill or Disabled Children Part IV - Why Workplace Programs Aren't Enough 8. Parents and Paid Work 9. Practical Limitations of the Family-Friendly Workplace Part V - Implementation 10. Implementing Caretaker Resource Accounts 11. Implementing Life- Planning Insurance for Parents Conclusion Notes References Index
Novel and thought provoking...Alstott [argues] that society should share in the costs of raising children because... of mutual obligation between caretakers and society: caretakers have an obligation to provide continuous care lÞ
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