Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

I have great respect for Dr. Putnam. He has obviously done a huge amount of work and thinking in this book and the stories are quite vivid. Yet I can't but help thinking that he hasn't peeled back yet another layer of the onion in getting to the root causes of what he sees. Personally, I think that most of the social problems are the result of the revolution of the 60's and the increase in secularization of America. Still, a very worthwhile read.

Once again, I read this for uni and anything I read by force is something I will automatically have a resistance to lmao. That said, this has some very interesting points and Putnam illustrates and exemplifies them well by using interviews from people living in the situations he writes about. I learned a lot about the opportunity gap for kids from different socioeconomic backgrounds even if I found some sections to be a little heavy on the stats. Would recommend if this is a subject you're interested in, otherwise it might be a bit dry.