Parenting, Inc.

Parenting, Inc.: How We Are Sold on $800 Strollers, Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Sleeping Coaches, Toddler Couture, and Diaper Wipe Warmers—And What It Means for Our Children is a 2008 book by American writer Pamela Paul, discussing the industry that provides goods and services to the parents of young Americans.

Parenting, Inc.
AuthorPamela Paul
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subjectparenting
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherTimes Books
Publication date
April 2008
Media typePrint
Pages320
ISBN978-0-8050-8249-4 (hardcover)
OCLC173659542
649/.1220284 22
LC ClassHQ755.8 .P3983 2008

The book has received reviews from The New York Times Book Review, The New York Observer,[1] New York Post,[2] and Reuters.[3] The New York Observer credits the book with "debunking the most absurd of the baby-marketers’ claims—including those behind the infamous Baby Einstein series." The Times, however, noted that the book concerns itself mostly with the situation of families in wealthy urban and suburban communities.[4] A week later, the New York Times Book Review named the book an "Editors' Choice"[5]

References
  1. "Kitschy, Kitschy Coo: The Cost of Coddling Kids," Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Sheelah Kolhatkar, New York Observer, 2 April 2008
  2. "Million Dollar Babies," Susan Konig, New York Post, 6 April 2008
  3. "The commercialization of child-rearing," Lisa Von Ahn, Reuters, 3 April 2008
  4. "Pamperers," Kate Zernike, New York Times Book Review, 6 April 2008
  5. "Browsing Books: Editors' Choice," New York Times Sunday Book Review, 13 April 2008


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