Parenting Pressures: The Preschool Paradox

Parenting is the topic that keeps on giving, and so Jess gets together with Eliza and Filip to talk about the peculiar way Professional Managerial Class (PMC) parents raise their kids. If the PMC obsession with spending money on bougie strollers and Harvard-prep daycares doesn’t lead to happier, more successful kids, then what’s it actually for? Eliza shares some practical advice for Asian American parents who want to escape the rat race. Part 2 is available on Patreon for subscribers. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: The PMC Has Children from Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class by Catherine Liu: https://publicseminar.org/essays/the-pmc-has-children/ Death of a Yuppie Dream by Barbara and John EHRENREICH: https://inthesetimes.com/article/death-of-a-yuppie-dream The Real Class War by Julius Krein: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/11/the-real-class-war/ The Characterless Opportunism of the Managerial Class by Amber A’Lee Frost: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/11/the-characterless-opportunism-of-the-managerial-class/ EFPA Theme:
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