This book is a bit of a punch to the face.
But in a very good way!

If, like me, you have kids, your life is constantly filled with doubts about what is best for them: from food, to schools, to toys, what to read, what school/style of education, how to manage tantrums, sleep, screens.
It is never ending.

This book does not offer a solution.
And, again, that is a very good thing!

It makes you think about things related to parenting and to the problems facing our world in ways you probably haven't thought of before.
I guess, the one strong conclusion I got from reading this is that sometimes, what is best for your children, might not be the best for the world that surrounds us, and you should be prepared to make tough decisions.
This book might help you make those decisions, so go read it!

it was an interesting different perspective.

I--as a busy mom myself-- really enjoyed how there's a little summary at the end of each chapter, so if i didn't get thru it all--or if i didn't get the full takeaway that I still was left with something.

I will be honest- as a new mother with a toddler who is already experiencing a lot of worry about the state of the world into which I brought my child, this book made me incredibly anxious. If I weren't reading it for the sake of reviewing, I would have put it down early on and I don't know that I would have picked it up again.

Once I stuck it out I appreciated the breakdown of the different philosophical principles and the examination of those principles through the lens of parenting. There is abundant information throughout about inequality, climate change, etc. and examples of how we are all complicit in the problems of today's society.

I wonder if this book will find a way to reach the audience who needs to read it in order for it to be impactful... it seems likely that those of us who would be drawn to this are mostly people who are already aware of the issues discussed here and are already doing our best to be, as Cripps says, "agents of change". I truly hope it does.