Can parents overinvest in their kids?
Can parents overinvest in their kids?
- January 26, 2026
- Nina Bandelj, sociology, shares her research on CBS News Los Angeles
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Nina Bandelj, Chancellor’s Professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, joins CBS LA to share tips from her new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting." … “This is really what I’m trying to understand: how did we get to this point where parenting is so exhausting? It’s a job – and how did we turn children into investment projects?” says Bandelj.
Watch: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/can-parents-overinvest-in-their-kids/
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