03561nam 2200661Ia 450 991078376990332120230617042202.00-8147-3999-71-4175-8838-10-8147-8698-710.18574/nyu/9780814786987(CKB)1000000000245275(SSID)ssj0000276926(PQKBManifestationID)11204996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276926(PQKBWorkID)10233736(PQKB)11246651(MiAaPQ)EBC866031(OCoLC)58840767(MdBmJHUP)muse10277(Au-PeEL)EBL866031(CaPaEBR)ebr10137178(OCoLC)780425951(DE-B1597)548090(DE-B1597)9780814786987(EXLCZ)99100000000024527520041001d2003 ky 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAnxious parents[electronic resource] a history of modern child-rearing in America /Peter N. StearnsNew York New York University Press2003256 pOriginally published: 2003.0-8147-9829-2 0-8147-9849-7 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.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, *#8220;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.Child rearingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryParentingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryParent and childUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChild developmentUnited StatesHistory20th centuryChild rearingHistoryParentingHistoryParent and childHistoryChild developmentHistory649.10973Stearns Peter N183190MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783769903321Anxious parents3869741UNINA