parentariat
n.— «At least five common factors seem to be driving the rise of the parentariat and its new centrality. Demographically, they are the best-educated generation of parents we have ever had. As a correlation, they are also the most independent.» —“The Rise of the ‘Parentariat’” by Irving H. Buchen (Education Week) Oct. 6, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
There was a time when William Shakespeare was just another little seven-year-old in school. Classes in his day were demanding — and all in Latin. A new book argues that this rigorous curriculum actually nurtured the creativity that later flourished...