The Playdate: Parents, Children, And The New Expectations Of Play - 9781479866298

Drawing in her experience as a parent and a sociologist, Mose shows how some parents include and exclude families through their children's playdate experience, thereby aligning themselves with like-minded parents who may further the social and life chances of their young children and themselves. She also shows how the playdate can help new parents sort through their new lives and responsibilities from breast feeding to caring for an infant who cannot actively interact through play, lays bare the logistics of organizing a play--From publisher description.

• | Author: Tamara R. Mose
• | Publisher: NYU Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1479866296
• | ISBN-13: 9781479866298