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Author: Jennifer Lois
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ISBN: 0814752527

Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering

Mothers who homeschool their children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the homeschooling movement continues to grow with an estimated 1. Download Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. million American children now schooled at home. These children are largely taught by stay-at-home mothers who find that they must tightly manage their daily schedules to avoid burnout and maximize their relationships with their children, and that they must sustain a desire to sacrifice their independent selves for many years in order to savor the experience of motherhood. Home Is Where the School Is is the first comprehensive look into the lives of homeschooling mothers. Drawing on rich data collected through eight years of fieldwork and dozens of in-depth interviews, Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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