LEADER 03561nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910783769903321 005 20230617042202.0 010 $a0-8147-3999-7 010 $a1-4175-8838-1 010 $a0-8147-8698-7 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814786987 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245275 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233736 035 $a(PQKB)11246651 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866031 035 $a(OCoLC)58840767 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10277 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866031 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137178 035 $a(OCoLC)780425951 035 $a(DE-B1597)548090 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814786987 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245275 100 $a20041001d2003 ky 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnxious parents$b[electronic resource] $ea history of modern child-rearing in America /$fPeter N. Stearns 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2003 215 $a256 p 300 $aOriginally published: 2003. 311 $a0-8147-9829-2 311 $a0-8147-9849-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAnxious 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aChild rearing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aParenting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aParent and child$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChild development$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aChild rearing$xHistory 615 0$aParenting$xHistory 615 0$aParent and child$xHistory 615 0$aChild development$xHistory 676 $a649.10973 700 $aStearns$b Peter N$0183190 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783769903321 996 $aAnxious parents$93869741 997 $aUNINA