Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization, (Paperback)

<p><strong>Civilization is not inherited. It is raised.</strong></p><p>What if the story of civilization has been hiding in plain sight - in the children each generation raises?</p><p>History is often told through kings, wars, inventions, empires, and revolutions. But beneath every civilization lies a quieter force: the way societies bring children into the world, protect them, discipline them, educate them, idealize them, depend on them, and prepare them for the future.</p><p>In <strong>KIN: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization</strong>, Nam Nguyen explores childhood as one of the hidden forces of human history. From prehistoric families and ancient empires to schools, factories, nations, screens, climate anxiety, and artificial intelligence, <strong>KIN</strong> traces the changing place of children in society - and reveals how deeply the future is shaped by the way each generation raises the next.</p><p>Blending history, psychology, anthropology, parenting, education, and cultural analysis, <strong>KIN</strong> offers a sweeping new lens on the human story. It is not a parenting manual, but a serious and accessible work of big-idea nonfiction about how childhood reflects the values, fears, ambitions, and contradictions of every age.</p><p><strong>To understand a civilization, look at what it asks of its children.</strong></p><p>For readers interested in history, culture, parenting, childhood development, psychology, education, anthropology, society, and the future of civilization, <strong>KIN</strong> is an ambitious reflection on how families and institutions shape not only children, but the world they will inherit.</p>

• Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization, (Paperback)
• Author: Nam Nguyen
• ISBN: 9781069754639
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-01
• Page Count: 358