Intensive Parenting Is Bad for Parents' Social Lives
The Atlantic Parents Are Sacrificing Their Social Lives on the Altar of Intensive Parenting Inequality has seemingly caused many American parents to jettison friendships and activities in order to invest more resources in their kids. Getty / The Atlantic Over the past few decades, American parents have been pressured into making a costly wager: If they sacrifice their hobbies, interests, and friendships to devote as much time and as many resources as possible to parenting, they might be able to launch their children into a stable adulthood. While this gamble sometimes pays off, parents who ...