The end of American childhood : a history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child /
Fass, Paula S.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Young in America -- Childhood and parenting in the new republic: Sowing the seeds of independence, 1800-1860 -- Children adrift: Responding to crisis, 1850-1890 -- What mother needs to know: The new science of childhood, 1890-1940 -- A wider world: Adolescence, immigration, and schooling, 1920-1960 -- All our children: Race, rebellion, and social change, 1950-1990 -- What's the matter with kids today? -- Epilogue.
Families
Parenting
Children