As ever we are delighted to be a partner for the Battle of Ideas. This two-day festival of discussion and debate is being held at Church House, Victoria, London on the 19th and 20th October 2024.

Here are some of our sessions we’re involved in:

•  The Politicisation of Maternity taking place on Saturday 19th October at 12.30pm. Panel includes Clare Murphy (former CEO, British Pregnancy Advisory Service and now Co-Director, FeedUK), Emily Barley (safer maternity campaigner) and CPCS’ Prof Ellie Lee.
• In Defence of Parental Authority – taking place on Saturday 19th October at 4.45pm. CPCS Associate Nancy McDermott will be discussing her new essay.
• Boomers v Zoomers: bridging the generational divide – taking place on Sunday 20th October at 5.15pm – CPCS’ Dr Jennie Bristow is a panellist for the session.

Over the coming academic year, we are hosting a series of discussions looking in various ways at the widely discussed problem of growing up and becoming an adult. Central to the propositions of Parenting Culture Studies is that the rise of ‘parenting’ and the expansion of the parental role is inseparable from changing constructions of childhood. The following discussions that revisit the problem of socialisation are open to all and will mostly be held on Zoom.

Thursday 5^th December
Infantilised: How Our Culture Killed Adulthood. In person seminar – Professor Keith Hayward with Dr Ashley Frawley as discussant

On Zoom through 2025 – dates TBC
Helicopter Parents and ‘Meta-Helicopter Parenting’, with Professor Talia Welsh
What’s wrong with the Online world? with Timandra Harkness
Intensive parenting and young adults’ travel: insights from Australia, with Dr Jennifer Kent.

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