Tim Carney's new book 'Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be' addresses the challenges faced by parents due to cultural shifts leading to record-low birthrates. Carney argues that the intense parenting culture, dysfunctional dating norms, and individualistic values contribute to the decline in birth rates. The book emphasizes the importance of lowering ambitions, increasing low-pressure family time, and reversing the demographic decline by promoting a more family-friendly culture.
It's been a while since I've read @bryan_caplan's Selfish Reasons to Have more Kids but I've been thinking about it lately. I've long been convinced by the general thesis that parenting/nurture has far less impact on development than we think. My recent curiosity is how he… https://t.co/TS6ZLasX7d
Falling fertility rates across the @OECD have led to economic stagnation. The US has been an exception in large part because of its openness to immigration, notes @KelloggSchool's Nancy Qian. https://t.co/6U8u6vhRaw
“@TPCarney’s book is an impressive combination of traditional shoe-leather reporting, empirically-driven policy analysis, and first-person anecdotes derived from his experiences as a father of 6.” @RAVerBruggen https://t.co/7bY2HKpoep @FamStudies
.@ezraklein just discussed the issue of falling birth rates worldwide & how policies don’t help. I wrote about the importance of culture — smth people don’t like to admit, because commenting on culture means wading into “risky” territory. https://t.co/8Ml70bd262 https://t.co/IVA6xqeR0E
Millennials were fed scare stories of overpopulation, and I think that's still infecting their spirits. In Family Unfriendly (released today), I argue that anti-natalism and the Baby Bust are rooted in a cultural illness. https://t.co/NVxHV9CgfP https://t.co/TIPrsC3vrW
NEW LOOPCAST: Americans find the idea of parenthood increasingly terrifying. Maybe we’re just doing it wrong. Tim Carney makes the case for lowering ambitions, upping low-pressure family time, and ending the demographic decline. WATCH https://t.co/yHTkar4Xcp
Tim Carney's new book "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be" is out today. I read an advance copy and it's a welcome and optimistic response to the insanity of the moment. Highly recommend. https://t.co/K2xJlDkm77
The argument in ‘Family Unfriendly’ is strong on many counts, but the book’s most valuable contribution is its brilliant depiction of the joy and purpose found in bringing children into the world. My @ActonInstitute review of @TPCarney’s new book: https://t.co/nTzUqsGHCD
New book from my @AEI colleague @TPCarney - ‘Children are anxious. Parents are stressed. Birthrates are at record lows.’ How cultural changes made raising kids more difficult. https://t.co/Zyi9L4VHxx
REVIEW: “Carney makes helpful contributions to the family-policy debate, but this is not primarily a book about how government might encourage people to have more kids…. It’s in large part a book about what it looks like to build your life, and our shared life as a society,…
Carney makes helpful contributions to the family-policy debate, but this is not primarily a book about how government might encourage people to have more kids…. It’s in large part a book about what it looks like to build your life, and our shared life as a society, around the…
Children are anxious. Parents are stressed. Birthrates are at record lows. The problem is our family unfriendly culture. Parenting culture is too intense. Mating & Dating culture is dysfunctional. And our values are too individualistic. So I wrote a book. https://t.co/NVxHV9BIqh