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Anxious parents : a history of modern childrearing in America / Peter N. Stearns.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xi, 251 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0814798292
  • 9780814798294
  • 0814798497
  • 9780814798492
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 649.10973 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ769 .S76 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Anxious parents : a 20th-century history -- The vulnerable child -- Discipline -- All are above average : children at school -- Work and chores : do I have to? -- I'm bored : the two faces of entertainment -- Conclusion : the impact of anxiety -- --
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Anxious Parents: a 20th-Century History -- 2. The Vulnerable Child -- 3. Discipline -- 4. All Are above Average: Children at School -- 5. Work and Chores: Do I Have To? -- 6. I'm Bored: The Two Faces of Entertainment -- 7. Conclusion: The Impact of Anxiety -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw a dramatic shift in the role of children in American society and families. No longer necessary for labor, children became economic liabilities and twentieth-century parents exhibited a new level of anxiety concerning the welfare of their children and their own ability to parent effectively. What caused this shift in the ways parenting and childhood were experienced and perceived? Why, at a time of relative ease and prosperity, do parents continue to grapple with uncertainty and with unreasonable expectations of both themselves and their children? Peter N. Stearns explains this phenomenon by examining the new issues the twentieth century brought to bear on families. Surveying popular media, "expert" childrearing manuals, and newspapers and journals published throughout the century, Stearns shows how schooling, physical and emotional vulnerability and the rise in influence of commercialism became primary concerns for parents. The result, Stearns shows, is that contemporary parents have come to believe that they are participating in a culture of neglect and diminishing standards. Anxious parents: a modern history of childrearing in America shows the reasons for this belief through an historic examination of modern parenting.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Anxious parents : a 20th-century history -- The vulnerable child -- Discipline -- All are above average : children at school -- Work and chores : do I have to? -- I'm bored : the two faces of entertainment -- Conclusion : the impact of anxiety -- --

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Anxious Parents: a 20th-Century History -- 2. The Vulnerable Child -- 3. Discipline -- 4. All Are above Average: Children at School -- 5. Work and Chores: Do I Have To? -- 6. I'm Bored: The Two Faces of Entertainment -- 7. Conclusion: The Impact of Anxiety -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw a dramatic shift in the role of children in American society and families. No longer necessary for labor, children became economic liabilities and twentieth-century parents exhibited a new level of anxiety concerning the welfare of their children and their own ability to parent effectively. What caused this shift in the ways parenting and childhood were experienced and perceived? Why, at a time of relative ease and prosperity, do parents continue to grapple with uncertainty and with unreasonable expectations of both themselves and their children? Peter N. Stearns explains this phenomenon by examining the new issues the twentieth century brought to bear on families. Surveying popular media, "expert" childrearing manuals, and newspapers and journals published throughout the century, Stearns shows how schooling, physical and emotional vulnerability and the rise in influence of commercialism became primary concerns for parents. The result, Stearns shows, is that contemporary parents have come to believe that they are participating in a culture of neglect and diminishing standards. Anxious parents: a modern history of childrearing in America shows the reasons for this belief through an historic examination of modern parenting.

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