No Child Left Alone: Moral Judgments about Parents Affect Estimates of Risk to Children
In recent decades, Americans have adopted a parenting norm in which every child is expected to be under constant direct adult supervision. Parents who violate this norm by allowing their children to be alone, even for short periods of time, often face harsh criticism and even legal action. This is t...
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University of California Press
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Collabra |
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| Online Access: | http://www.collabra.org/articles/33 |