Parenting for the Future

The Science of Caring: A Conversation With Elissa Strauss


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In this Episode you will learn about:

  • How care shapes all our lives
  • How suffragists and Black feminists made remarkable gains in care through the Social Housekeepers Movement
  • Our addiction to independence and how it prevents us from prioritizing care
  • Our "careselves" vs. our "workselves"
  • America's bootstrap myth and how it hurts our ability to care
  • The ramifications of the blind spot toward care
  • How you can join the fight for paid leave and other key facets of a care infrastructure for America
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