The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

by Alison Gopnik

The myth of Medicare and Social Security is that they are savings plans. In fact, of course, they are, as they should be, a way that the current generation collectively takes care of the past generation, just as parental leave or universal preschool should be ways that the current generation takes care of the future one.