Beschreibung:
This volume presents a fresh approach to the analysis of childrearing. By focusing on mothers' own understandings of their childrearing, the author reveals how differences in childrearing are rooted in fundamental ideas about the nature of social life and the place of the individual and the family within it.
IntroductionPART ONE: CHILDREARING IN CONTEXTChildrearing, Psychology and SociologyThe Feminist Study of ChildrearingIndividuals, Families and ChildrenFriends and RelationsPART TWO: PORTRAITS OF CHILDREARING IN FOUR MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDSIntroduction to the Portraits Fitting Children into Adult FrameworksFitting in around the ChildrenOverview of the PortraitsPART THREE: DEVELOPING THE PICTURESConceptions of ChildrenChildrearing Philosophies in ActionSociology and Childrearing Reconsidered>