· "Small Animals is one of the most important parenting books of our generation—and a gripping read besides. At the book's heart is a harrowing story, beautifully told. But Kim Brooks goes beyond her own experience, weaving together reporting, social criticism, and personal narrative to create a troubling portrait of a nation driven mad with Brand: Flatiron Books. One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America’s culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals, Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or. · One day in , Kim Brooks made the fateful decision to run an errand at Target. Not many horror stories start out that way — or do they? In “Small Animals: Parenthood in Author: Katy Read.
That decision led to her being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and now writing "Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear" (Flatiron, pp.). The ordeal prompted Brooks to write Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, in which she grapples with the expectation that children must be under adult supervision at all times. "There's. It is also the peg upon which Kim Brooks builds her book, Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear around. A harried Brooks — a fairly typical, responsible, and loving mother — once left her son in her car with an iPad for a few minutes while she ran into Target to buy him a pair of headphones.
Small animals: parenthood in the age of fear / Kim Brooks. Author/Creator: Brooks, Kim (Author and essayist) Parenthood. United States. "Small Animals is one of the most important parenting books of our generation—and a gripping read besides. At the book's heart is a harrowing story, beautifully told. But Kim Brooks goes beyond her own experience, weaving together reporting, social criticism, and personal narrative to create a troubling portrait of a nation driven mad with. “Small Animals is more than a memoir: It is a call to action for all of us to quit the judgmental parenting Olympics.” ―BookPage “Small Animals by Kim Brooks, came at me like a giant exhalation, a release of so much of the stress I’ve carried around since become a mother. I forced my advance copy on someone within an hour of finishing.
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