Are we overinvested in parenthood? A conversation with UC Irvine sociologist Nina Bandelj
Are we overinvested in parenthood? A conversation with UC Irvine sociologist Nina Bandelj
- April 6, 2026
- Bandelj joins The Mother of It All podcast to chat about her new book
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UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of sociology Nina Bandelj, author of the new book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting, joins us for a wonderful, perspective-altering conversation about how and why modern parenthood feels the way it feels. … Of course, we pay attention to emotions of our children, but we also are preoccupied with this sense of what does it mean to be a good parent,” says Bandelj.
Listen and watch, courtesy of The Mother of It all.
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