Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently said, you were fgei think maybes poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend tell you that you hit the adoption lottery. Do you agre
Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Mr. Henderson well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story to him. He was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently 8csaid, you were forged in a fi. I think maybe that was his poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend
Conversation with you. Yeah, its good to be with scott. Were here to discuss your great new book, the two parent privilege how americans stopped getting married and started falling behind behind. Excellent book. Why dont we start off just by having you tell our viewers about your professional background and interests . What led you to write the book . Sure so i am an economist. Ive been the economics faculty at the University Maryland for 17 years now before that i trained at mit. Ive long been interested in these types of issues related to inequality and poverty, the economics of families and Child Wellbeing in the us. How i came to write this book was ive been studying these issues for 20 years and. It has become abundantly clear to me that what has happened to Family Structure in the us, the dramatic change in the way kids are being raised in the us in terms of the increase in the share of kids living with only one parent, thats, you know, more than one in five kids in the us now, m
Its a pleasure to have this conversation with you. Yeah, its good to be with scott. Were here to discuss your great new book, the two parent privilege how americans stopped getting married and started falling behind behind. Excellent book. Why dont we start off just by having you tell our viewers about your professional background and interests . What led you to write the book . Sure so i am an economist. Ive been the economics faculty at the University Maryland for 17 years now before that i trained at mit. Ive long been interested in these types of issues related to inequality and poverty, the economics of families and Child Wellbeing in the us. How i came to write this book was ive been studying these issues for 20 years and. It has become abundantly clear to me that what has happened to Family Structure in the us, the dramatic change in the way kids are being raised in the us in terms of the increase in the share of kids living with only one parent, thats, you know, more than one i
Its a pleasure to have this conversation with you. Yeah, its good to be with scott. Were here to discuss your great new book, the two parent privilege how americans stopped getting married and started falling behind behind. Excellent book. Why dont we start off just by having you tell our viewers about your professional background and interests . What led you to write the book . Sure so i am an economist. Ive been the economics faculty at the University Maryland for 17 years now before that i trained at mit. Ive long been interested in these types of issues related to inequality and poverty, the economics of families and Child Wellbeing in the us. How i came to write this book was ive been studying these issues for 20 years and. It has become abundantly clear to me that what has happened to Family Structure in the us, the dramatic change in the way kids are being raised in the us in terms of the increase in the share of kids living with only one parent, thats, you know, more than one i