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Charlton, Kenneth – History of Education, 1988
Discusses the educative role of the family in pre-industrial England focusing specifically the role of the mother. Provides quotes from diaries and other contemporary sources of information to document the points being made. (GEA)
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Involvement, Family Role, Foreign Countries
Grant, Julia – 1998
Although most nineteenth-century American parents relied staunchly on common sense in raising their children, by the 1920s numerous parent education programs had been established to urge a scientific approach to child rearing. Today, American parents are besieged with medical and psychological advice about bringing up "normal" children.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education