The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And it tells us that for a family to need help--or at least to admit it publicly--is… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special protected place, the repository of tender, pure, and generous feelings (embodied by the mother) and a bulwark and… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal with… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Confronted with the unhappy facts of exclusion, we sometimes reassure ourselves by telling stories: the poor boys who made it, theblacks who became a… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Within forty years of their arrival in the Plymouth colony, the first white settlers were afraid their children had lost the dedication and religious… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
In the early nineteenth century, the doctrine of self-sufficiency came to apply to families as well as individuals… The familybecame a special protected place,… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children. The problem… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Mothers work outside the home for many reasons; one of them is almost always because their families need their income to live up to… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of childrenand technology is not… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
One current reaction to change in families, for example, is the proposal for more "education for parenthood," on the theory that this training will… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
The most important difference between these early American families and our own is that early families constituted economic unitsin which all members, from young… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead paint, rats… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Parents still have primary responsibility for raising children, but they must have the power to do so in ways consistent with their children's needs… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today, parents have… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs of their… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
