Why history matters: Placing infant and child development in historical perspective

How knowledge of the history of childhood problematizes many common assumptions about child development, rebuts myths that distort public understanding, refutes simplistic linear theories of progress and reveals certain long-term trends, developments and processes that are otherwise misunderstood.

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Published in:European journal of developmental psychology 2017-11, Vol.14 (6), p.647-658
Main Author: Mintz, Steven
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child development
Childhood
childrearing
parenting
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