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Are parenting classes more useful than a washing machine?
Are parenting classes useful or interfering? Journalist Cristina Odone has spent 6 months researching them, and has completely changed her mind about them. She used to think they were interventionist and a sign of the 鈥渘anny state鈥� but now she believes they鈥檙e life-saving. Together with Naomi Eisenstadt, who was the first director of Sure Start, she discusses the pros and cons of officially learning how to be a parent.
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