Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About ChildrenKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 13 apr 2004 - 464 pagina's Since the beginning of the twentieth century, millions of anxious parents have turned to child-rearing manuals for reassurance. Instead, however, they have often found yet more cause for worry. In this rich social history, Ann Hulbert analyzes one hundred years of shifting trends in advice and discovers an ongoing battle between two main approaches: a “child-centered” focus on warmly encouraging development versus a sterner “parent-centered” emphasis on instilling discipline. She examines how pediatrics, psychology, and neuroscience have fueled the debates but failed to offer definitive answers. And she delves into the highly relevant and often turbulent personal lives of the popular advice-givers, from L. Emmett Holt and Arnold Gesell to Bruno Bettelheim and Benjamin Spock to the prominent (and ever conflicting) experts of today. |
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 3 |
The Century of the Child | 19 |
Two Experts Grow | 41 |
Infant Regimens Adolescent Passions | 63 |
The Era and Errors of the Parent | 97 |
The Misbehaviorist | 122 |
The Anatomist of Normalcy | 154 |
The Awkward Age of the Expert | 191 |
The Therapist | 225 |
The Moralists | 256 |
All in the Family | 293 |
Ministers Mentors and Managers | 325 |
What to Expect from the Experts | 360 |
Acknowledgments | 435 |
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Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children Ann Hulbert Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2011 |
Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children Ann Hulbert Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2004 |
Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children Ann Hulbert Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2011 |
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