A01=Jacqueline J. Goodnow
A01=W. Andrews Collins
affect
Author_Jacqueline J. Goodnow
Author_W. Andrews Collins
Category=JMC
Child Outcomes
cognitions
Cognitive Poverty
cross-cultural parenting
cultural
Cultural Models
Cumulative Voice
developmental
developmental psychology
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Face To Face
family psychology
Family System Theory
Follow
Frg
Hold
ideas
Inclined
Independent Study
informal parental cognition research
models
Mother Father Differences
mutual
Mutual Cognitions
parent-child interaction
parental
Parental Affect
Parental Ideas
Parental Research
parenting beliefs
research
Research Agenda Section
Rural Black Families
Shared Meaning
Smooth
socialisation practices
Timeless
timetable
Vice Versa
Viewpoint
Violated
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780863771613
- Weight: 370g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1990
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
To their everyday life with children, parents bring a number of ideas about development and about parenting. Some of these ideas are about their own children and about themselves as parents. Others are more general: ideas, for instance, about what babies are like, how children change with age, what kinds of affection and control they need, the responsibilities of mothers and fathers, or the degree of influence each parent has over the way a child develops. Moreover, the ideas that parents hold, shape their actions with children and the way they assess both their children and their own performance as parents.
With the recognition of parental thinking as a powerful factor in family life, research has turned to the study of this `everyday' or `informal' psychology. Some of the studies deal with the nature of parents' ideas: What ideas are held? Which are most widely shared? How do these ideas differ from one another? Some deal with the sources of parents' ideas: with the factors that give rise to differences among parents from different backgrounds (different cultures, different economic groups, different degrees of experience with children). Others concentrate on the consequences of parents' ideas for themselves and for children.
This monograph summarizes the research with an eye to several audiences (researchers, clinicians, educators) and with an emphasis on the questions that remain. A major goal is to point not only to significant gaps, but also to some specific ways in which they might be addressed by further research.
W. Andrews Collins, Jacqueline J. Goodnow
