Why read Parenting on Earth?

Book cover of Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids and Everyone Else

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Being parents and being human: building hope for our children in a fragile world.

Environmental catastrophes, pandemics, antibiotic resistance, institutionalized injustice, and war: in a world so out of balance, what does it take—or even mean—to be a good parent? This book is one woman’s search for an answer, as…

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1 author picked Parenting on Earth as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Travis Rieder

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This book is a bit of a gut punch, as it’s asking one of the hardest questions for those of us who are parents: how do we raise our kids in this scary, modern world? The heart of the dilemma buried in this question is that we want to do everything we can for our kids, but in a world of dwindling resources, spending so many of them and passing on as much privilege as we can feels like trying to best position our children on a sinking ship.

While I have come to terms with the idea that I…

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