Perils of Popularization: The Founding of PARENTS' MAGAZINE.

Schlossman, Steven

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Publication Date: 1986

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Perils of Popularization: The Founding of PARENTS' MAGAZINE.

Schlossman, Steven

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, v50 n4-5 p65-77 1986

Discusses the founding of a post-World War I mass circulation periodical, PARENTS' MAGAZINE, aimed at educating parents in new child-rearing practices through research supported by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (LSRM) fund program. Also discusses unsuccessful efforts of two chief program officers to maintain control over magazine contents. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Child Development, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Participative Decision Making, Periodicals, Philanthropic Foundations, Popular Culture, Popular Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Collected Works - General; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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