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Are modern parents obsessed with raising perfect children? Are they missing the bigger picture? Parents can only affect their children to a limited extent.

About the Author

Robert LeVine is the Roy E. Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

Sarah LeVine is an anthropologist who has conducted research on four continents and coordinated the fieldwork of the Project on Maternal Schooling. They have brought up two children and now have three grandchildren.