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Arlie Russell Hochschild

In response to our fast-food culture, a 'slow food' movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be growing. With vital government supports for state-of-the-art public child care and paid parental leave, maybe we would

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The author suggests that just as people reacted against quick, unhealthy eating by embracing slower, more thoughtful food choices, a similar shift might be happening in how parents raise their children, moving away from rushed, busy parenting. She believes that with strong government policies like advanced public child care and paid parental leave, this slower, more attentive style of parenting could become more common.

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