Four Years Old in an Urban Community

by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202361642
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/15/2008
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

John Newson, Elizabeth Newson

Table of Contents

1: Background and Introduction; 2: The Child in his Context; 3: Focus on Four-Year-Olds; 4: Pressures for Independence; 5: Social Learning and the Control of Aggression; 6: Rights and Privileges of Property and Play; 7: Shared and Private Worlds; 8: Meal Times and Manners; 9: Must We to Bed Indeed?; 10: Rituals and Comfort Habits; 11: Coda to Toilet Training; 12: Who Told Thee that Thou Wast Naked?; 13 1: Patterns of Persuasion and Compulsion; 14 1: Verbalization and The Question of Truth; 15: Satisfaction and Doubt in the Parental Role

Editorial Reviews

[F]ascinating and most readable book…. [M]ake[s] a very necessary contribution to our knowledge of socialization processes in Britain. In particular, it provides an interesting picture of the variation of social norms and values between different socio-economic groups.” —Sheila Mitchell, The British Journal of Sociology

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