Advocates’ next book club book will be Not Under My Roof, by sociology professor Dr. Amy Schalet.

Not Under My Roof compares attitudes toward adolescence and sex in the US and the Netherlands.

On July 18, we will post quotes and discussion questions on Advocates’ Twitter throughout the day.  And, from 1-3 PM Eastern time, Dr. Schalet herself will take questions about the book and her research.

Please share widely and encourage folks to read the book, follow Advocates on Twitter, and retweet/respond to the book club posts.  And, please tweet at us on July 18 or email emily at advocatesforyouth.org, with questions for Dr. Amy Schalet!

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“… In the Netherlands, where teenage pregnancies are far less frequent than in the United States, parents aim above all for family cohesiveness, often permitting young couples to sleep together and providing them with contraceptives. Drawing on extensive interviews with parents and teens, Not Under My Roof offers an unprecedented, intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in both countries negotiate love, lust, and growing up.

Tracing the roots of the parents’ divergent attitudes, Amy T. Schalet reveals how they grow out of their respective conceptions of the self, relationships, gender, autonomy, and authority. She provides a probing analysis of the way family culture shapes not just sex but also alcohol consumption and parent-teen relationships. Avoiding caricatures of permissive Europeans and puritanical Americans, Schalet shows that the Dutch require self-control from teens and parents, while Americans guide their children toward autonomous adulthood at the expense of the family bond.”