Two sociologists go to town talking about the demands of modern #parenting! Loved the opportunity and reactions from readers. #overinvested @princetonupress.bsky.social

Happy global birthday to OVERINVESTED! 🎂
Celebrate with me & join a discussion organized by Dr. @audreyharroche.bsky.social in conversation with Prof. Tina Miller at Oxford Brookes University
📅 30 April, 16:00–17:00 (UK time)
Online event open to all; register here: brookes.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Grateful to @annehelen.bsky.social for probing ❓❓❓about my parenting economy culture study for her ⭐ Culture Study.

OVERINVESTED exposes *social* pressures and structures that lock in today's exhausting parenting standard, and how we can work together to re-imagine & re-structure. #parentalburnout

Thanks a million, Pat @ophastings.bsky.social, for recommending OVERINVESTED to family sociologists. I am an interloper into that field, but uncovering the modern emotional economy of parenting reveals so much about how we have redefined children and what it means to raise them.
#family #parenting

Grateful for a chance to talk to @calebzakarin.bsky.social about OVERINVESTED - from child labor to mom emotional labor, from curating resumes to Varsity Blues & also how children are a common responsibility. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/overinvested

Delighted that OVERINVESTED is now part of the CASBS Ralph W. Tyler Collection. And that I was able to say THANKS for the engaging and supportive time at @casbsstanford.bsky.social in the book acknowledgments! I can’t recommend it highly enough. Applications for fellowships due in the Fall. Apply!

Children as projects Contemporary parenting is far from permissive chaos and more relentless effort: careful scheduling, constant supervision, and pouring our souls—as well as loads of money—into our children.

"Your son saved someone's life? He can put it on his college application!" is what one caller was told and shared on @kqedforum.bsky.social in a recent episode with me. Not shocked?
Read why in my "Children as Projects" essay - and more in my book OVERINVESTED. press.princeton.edu/ideas/childr...

Delighted to hear @casbsstanford.bsky.social was listening in to my @kqedforum.bsky.social conversation. BIG thanks to CASBS for the crucial support to move the “Overinvested” book project forward. I know there are so many alumni out there thinking the same!

What do we *really* owe our children?
Excited about *OVERINVESTED: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting* officially publishing next week. @princetonupress.bsky.social
Grateful to @ucisocsci.bsky.social Heather Ashbach for talking to me about it.
#children #parents #parenting

Merci beaucoup, Céline! I wanted to let you know about the book launch event:
“From Priceless to Overinvested” conversation between Viviana Zelizer and Nina Bandelj, moderated by Frederick Wherry. January 22, 4pm ET. Register online: uci.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

So nice to virtually meet you @brenchurchill.bsky.social! I call out your important research with @leahruppanner.bsky.social in the book. Very happy to connect!

Amazing, Paul-Brian! Thanks so much! I'm happy to zoom in, too, if that is something that would be of interest.

Thank you so much @rlspang.bsky.social! For the launch event we are reassembling the team of “Money Talks,” which you were so kind to write about in @financialtimes.com.

New year, new book! Thrilled to launch OVERINVESTED in conversation with the brilliant Viviana Zelizer, moderated by Fred Wherry
“From Priceless…to Overinvested”
January 22, 4pm ET, register at: lnkd.in/g-ewbpyX

Front cover of The Division of Rationalized Labor. The cover includes four pictures: pen and paper, microscope, factory tower, police badge. Modern-looking yellow lines and graphs are superimposed.

My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

The best of worlds when reviewers get your main point! Yes, OVERINVESTED shows that demands of modern parenting are unsustainable.
Very grateful to Kirkus Reviews. Book releases on January 20.
@princetonupress.bsky.social

How we came to take for granted that children are investment projects and childrearing is exhausting labor, and—thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for agreeing!—that “the society must radically reimagine its approach.”

Over the moon to announce OVERINVESTED, my new book baby due January 20, 2026, with a starred Publishers Weekly review. “Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting” press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Wonderful! Big congrats on the 2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize. Richly deserved @tressiemcphd.bsky.social !

Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

This article--on the systematic dismantling of the NIH, NSF, and CDC--is a must-read not only for researchers and clinicians but for anyone who has ever gotten a vaccine, taken medication, read the results of a research study, or gotten tested for Covid, flu, or STIs.
www.science.org/content/blog...

Our last encounter was a celebratory hug for his 2024 ASA Du Bois award and we reminisced about debating socialisms in Budapest in 2002 when we first met. Rest in power, dear Michael Burawoy. As we mourn this most tragic loss, my heart goes out to so many I know he mentored and loved.

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Today 12/16 is the deadline to submit to SASE @sasemeeting.bsky.social and look forward to a great meeting in Montreal, July 9-12. See you there!

An actual slide from University Emergency Response Training:
Emergencies to be prepared for, next to earthquake and fires:
-widespread flooding or severe weather
-hazardous materials incidents
...
...
-zombie attacks/other civil unrest

Now properly certified and certainly unprepared 🤯

Child care in America - N-IUSSP America is facing a child care crisis: care services are costly and scarce and fail to meet the needs of families. The majority of U.S. voters, Joseph Chamie opines, feel ... Read more

“While the US Department of Health considers 7% of household income as an affordable benchmark for childcare, in 2023, 2/3 of parents spent 20+% on childcare. Average cost for 2 children is higher than average rent in 50 states & average mortgage payment in 45 states” www.niussp.org/family-and-h...

The science behind winning a Nobel prize?

“Want your kids to win a Nobel and can’t change your own occupation?… research offers two bits of advice. Have a son (you need to be from a particularly rich family if you’re a woman…), and live in America.” amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Calling all social scientists whose work touches on offshore finance! Please submit your work to the special issue of the journal Socio-Economic Review that I'll be guest editing with my fellow sociologist Kimberly Kay Hoang & historian Vanessa Ogle. Due date:15 May.
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