Why Parenting Now Feels Like an Investment Strategy

Summary

Nina Bandelj discusses her book 'Overinvested' about the emotional and financial intensity of modern parenting. She explains how parents view children as investment projects and the resulting burnout. The conversation focuses on social pressures and the need for societal change rather than financial markets.

• Modern parenting involves heavy emotional and financial investment.
• Children are increasingly viewed as 'human capital' projects.
• Parental burnout has been called a public health crisis by the US Surgeon General.
• The shift from children laboring for families to parents laboring for children is discussed.
• Nina Bandelj emphasizes the role of social norms and structures in parenting pressures.
• The conversation does not include any financial market or trading ideas.