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Timothy Carney

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Senior Columnist, Washington Examiner
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About Timothy

Tim Carney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior columnist at the Washington Examiner. He is also the author of four books, most recently Alienated America: Why some places thrive while others collapse and Family Unfriendly: How our culture made raising kids much harder than it needs to be. He and his wife Katie raise six children in the suburbs of Washington DC.

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Stories by Timothy

  • Parenthood & Caregiving

Are we in a self-perpetuating baby bust?

Our choice to have children is influenced by what we see around us

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Book

Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences

The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?

Our culture tells parents there’s one best way to raise kids: enroll them in a dozen activities, protect them from trauma, and get them into the most expensive college you can. If you can’t do that, don’t bother.

How is that going? Record rates of anxiety, depression, medication, debts, loneliness and more. In Family Unfriendly, bestselling author and Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney says it’s time to end this failed experiment in overparenting.

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