In the studio this week is Judith Suissa from the Institute of Education, University of London, and Frank Furedi, sociologist from Kent University who will be discussing Judith's book The Claims of Parenting: Reasons, Responsibility and Society.
And Professor Amy Schalet from University of Massachusetts discusses her new book Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex which examines parent and teen attitudes to sex in the USA and The Netherlands.
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