Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting
Princeton University Press, January 2026. Hardcover. What happens when children become investment projects and child-rearing becomes exhausting labor Parents are exhausted. When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort? In this eye-opening book, Nina Bandelj explains how we got to this point--how we turned..... More
