Reviews the history of the developmental study of infants and children at biological risk and appraises the current state of the art. Four research phases during the period from 1920 to the present are identified, each reflecting aspects of the social, political, health, and psychological zeitgeist. (Author/RH)

Reviews social science writing on parental bereavement in Anglo-American history, concluding that parents as early as early seventeenth century have left records of their grief. Notes that emotional expressiveness following infant death was greatest during nineteenth century but decreased toward end of century and became taboo in twentieth…

The history of childhood is of major importance to any study of human society. This book reviews systematically the attitudes and practices of parents toward their children in different Western cultures and time periods. The chapters of the book are: (1) "The Evolution of Childhood" (Lloyd deMause); (2) "Barbarism and Religion: Late…

This book is an attempt to situate Canadian child-rearing advice in its historical and social context in 21st century and the origins and changes in this advice. The volume addresses the untold story of the experience of mothering that largely has been omitted from traditional accounts of history. This account of education for motherhood begins in…

This book presents an overview of the health, education, and care services for young children in Australia in the past 100 years. The book explores how overseas developments, changing values, economic forces, and local conditions shaped and continue to shape the services provided for young children. Chapters in part 1 cover the late 1800s. Chapter…