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From the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, parents have been bombarded with advice on how to look after their babies. Here, Christina Hardyment provides a much-needed new perspective on the whole perplexing business, showing that not only has the advice given always been subject to the prevailing fashions and to the personal quirks of their authors, but that the books have had a hand in provoking the anxieties they set out to quell. From Rousseau and Locke to Lydia Child and Maria Edgeworth; from James B. Watson's admonitions about physical contact ("Never hug and kiss them.") to Jean Liedloff's insistence that babies should be kept physically attached to their mothers until they positively struggle to get away, it's all here: the exortations, the warnings, the assurances on everything from the breast to the potty.
erfect Parents is an absolutely superb slice of social history--extraordinary, riveting, hair-raising, funny and, ultimately, wonderfully reassuring.
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About the Author
Anthor, journalist, and reviewer, Christina Hardyment is well-known for her witty, incisive pieces in the Guardian and Telegraph.
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`A brilliant work - the perfect guide to take you safely through the minefield of "expert" baby-car advice.' Desmond Morris
`A brilliant work - the perfect guide to take you safely through the minefield of "expert" baby-care advice.' Desmond Morris
`Most books treat toddlers' behaviour as a problem. So Dr Green's appraisal - that they are NATURALLY appalling - is totally refreshing.'
Caroline Storah, Liverpool Echo
`a detached view of the warnings and assurances on everything from the breast to the potty dished out to parents over time in the quest for perfect parenthood'
Baby Magazine
`Manuals do exist, but they tend to be products of their times, a fact brilliantly illustrated by Christina Hardyment in her recent book.'
Dr John Collee, Observer Life
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0192861727
- ISBN 13 9780192861726
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages412
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