ABSTRACT

Although psychologists by training, John and Elizabeth Newson have more aptly been described as pioneers in social ecology; they work from the conviction that the causes and the consequences of child-rearing attitudes can fruitfully be investigated only in the framework of the total social environment in which they occur. This book continues their analysis of child rearing in an English urban setting.

chapter 1|13 pages

Background and Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

The Child in his Context

chapter 3|19 pages

Focus on Four-Year-Olds

chapter 4|37 pages

Pressures for Independence

chapter 6|28 pages

Rights and Privileges of Property and Play

chapter 7|41 pages

Shared and Private Worlds

chapter 8|38 pages

Meal Times and Manners

chapter 9|41 pages

Must We to Bed Indeed?

chapter 10|30 pages

Rituals and Comfort Habits

chapter 11|32 pages

Coda to Toilet Training

chapter 12|41 pages

Who Told Thee that Thou Wast Naked?

chapter 13 1|43 pages

Patterns of Persuasion and Compulsion

chapter 14 1|47 pages

Verbalization and The Question of Truth

chapter 15|48 pages

Satisfaction and Doubt in the Parental Role