Topics she can discuss include:

• Relationship between parenting strategies and new technologies
• "Helicopter Parents"
• Surveillance in the home
• Parenting approach of different social classes
• Family poverty in rural areas

Video: Margaret Nelson speaks about her book, "Parenting Out of Control." More video clips...

About Margaret Nelson

Peggy Nelson is the Hepburn Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College and the author of "Parenting Out of Control," published in May 2010. She teaches courses on women and gender studies, and sociology of family, education and poverty.

Her research focuses on surveillance, contemporary parenting practices, families in rural areas and single mothers.

Nelson graduated from Swarthmore College and received her master's and doctorate from Columbia University.