We're In A Culture Where Everything Is Either Consumption Or Production, So Child Care Is Either A Very, Very Bad-paying Form Of Work Or A Very Expensive Luxury That You Purchase. There Isn't A Good Place In Our Picture Of The World For What Caregiving Is About. Even Teenage Babysitters Have Sort Of Disappeared From The Scene.

-Alison Gopnik

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We're In A Culture Where Everything Is

Alison Gopnik

We're In A Culture Where Everything Is Either Consumption Or Production, So Child Care Is Either A Very, Very Bad-paying Form Of Work Or A Very Expensive Luxury That You Purchase. There Isn't A Good Place In Our Picture Of The World For What Caregiving Is About. Even Teenage Babysitters Have Sort Of Disappeared From The Scene.

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Teenage

Children

Culture

Philosophers And Psychologists Have Long Puzzled Over The Question Of How We Know As Much As We Do Despite Our Limited Experiences. One Way Is To See How Children Learn. Another Example Is Consciousness. The Concept Is Usually Explored By Armchair Academics. Looking At Kids Expands Our Conceptions Of Consciousness.

Children

Kids

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