Parenting: Stephanie Coontz on motherhood

By Antonella Gambotto-Burke
Updated August 29 2014 - 10:09am, first published August 2 2014 - 12:00am
His and hers: The tug of war that is parenting in the modern age. Photo: Thinkstock
His and hers: The tug of war that is parenting in the modern age. Photo: Thinkstock

On stage, Stephanie Coontz – confident, diminutive and with an ironic penchant for clerical purple – is a dazzling speaker. Arguably the world’s foremost family historian, she’s at her best with those with whom she disagrees, rolling her big kohled eyes at their faux pas, crossing those slim black-stockinged legs and levelling opponents with a slew of statistics. Her contribution to the international debate about women’s rights and the maternal paradigm has been invaluable.

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