Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America

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Abuse, 58 Accidents, 36–38, 53, 149, 202 Actors, 134 Addams, Jane, 178 Adler, Felix, 18 Adolescence, 8, 11, 21, 38–39, 144, 147, 220 Adoption, 53–54, 101 Adulthood, 15, 49, 54 Advanced Placement, 104, 116 Advice manuals, 1, 12, 13, 18–23, 42, 58, 60, 100, 136–39, 192, 197, 204–5, 212–13, 219, 226–27 African Americans, 3, 7, 33, 98, 103, 113, 153 AIDS, 43 Alexandria, VA, 93 Allowance, 75, 138, 167, 174, 202 American Academy of Pediatrics, 148 American Institute of Child Life, 21–22 Anderson, Sherwood, 133 Anger, 22, 54, 59, 76, 95 Anorexia nervosa, 38, 53, 203 Anxiety, 11, 61, 62, 72, 95, 104, 215–16, 222 Appliances, 36, 149 Apprentices, 125–26 Aptitude, 85–86, 99 Attention Deficit Disorder, 15, 52, 71, 96–98, 106, 119 Automobiles, 2, 35–36, 39, 43, 52, 160, 202, 220 Baby boom, 9, 10, 45, 103, 108, 115, 132 Baby boom echo, 104 Babysitting, 48, 134, 156, 213 Bacmeister, Rhoda, 69 Baruch, Dorothy, 77, 144, 204 Baths, 29 Beck, Joan, 101 Bedrooms, 46–47 Behaviorism, 24, 40, 41, 46, 57, 65–69, 70, 76, 108, 189, 191, 213 Bell, Sanford, 94 Bellah, Robert, 224 Benedict, Agnes, 142 Benedict, Ruth, 60 Benzidrene, 94 Bettelheim, Bruno, 143 Birney, Mrs. Theodore, 24 Birth control, 48, 50 Birthdays, 199 Birth rate, 15, 18, 21, 45, 48, 50, 70, 132, 149, 150, 153, 226, 230 Bogeymen, 78 Bok, Edward. See Ladies Home Journal Boredom, 169–75, 196–200, 219–20 Boys, 21, 23, 42, 83, 125, 140, 152, 154–55 Bradley, Charles, 94 Bullying, 51 California, 89, 110, 117 Camps, 207–8 Car seats, 37 Century of the Child, 1, 44, 48, 128 Challenge Program, 110 Character, 91, 102, 118, 135, 139, 147, 156, 189, 217, 224, 227 245 Index Chicago school of sociology, 44 Child care, 13, 149, 226 Childishness, 15, 54, 63 Child labor, 2, 125, 141, 164–208 Children’s Bureau, 18, 20, 37 Child-savers, 50 Child Study Association, 60 Child study movement, 40, 89, 106 Chores, 127, 135, 141, 164–208 Christmas, 167, 202, 205 Chuck E. Cheese, 200 City College of New York, 102 Cleanliness, 28, 29 Cleveland, Elizabeth, 168 Club Med, 14 Coaches, 52, 117–18 Co-education, 83, 102 Cold war, 10 College, 83, 98, 102–5, 112, 115, 119, 121, 160, 190, 214, 219, 228 College Board, 83, 85–86, 99, 116, 119 Comic books, 44, 169, 176–77, 179–81, 204–5 Comparison, 12, 37, 81–82, 84, 110, 111, 184, 203, 215, 225, 228 Comstock, Anthony, 175 Conservatism, 10, 50, 90, 116, 218 Consumerism, 7, 13, 26, 40, 68, 75, 151, 165–208, 216, 219, 230 Coopersmith, Stanley, 107–8 Courage, 23, 24 Cowan, Ruth, 153 Cradles, 46 Creative Playthings, 101 Cribs, 46, 68 Crying, 67, 69, 189 Curfew, 176 Curriculum, 83, 89 Darkness, 25, 46 Darwinism, 41 Dating, 39, 75 Day care, 13, 96, 225 Death, 26, 31 Death calendar, 28 Death rate, 2, 11, 211 Delaware, University of, 105 Delinquency, 179, 180–81, 193–94 Demos, John, 8 Depression (1930s), 52, 131, 138, 203 Depression (emotional), 221–22 Desegregation, 113 Dewey, John, 107 Disability, 92 Discipline, 14, 57–78, 83, 94, 97, 108, 109–10, 111, 130 Disney, 14, 201 Divorce, 1, 2, 8, 48, 108, 165, 201, 224, 225 Dodgeball, 38 Dolls, 166, 167 Dorman, Glenn, 101 Dreikurs, Rudolph, 76–77, 143, 193, 212 Drinking, 53, 74 Driving. See Automobiles Drugs, 74, 183 Eating, 28, 52, 200, 203–4 Education, schools of, 114 Emotion, 22, 25–26, 38, 49, 59–60, 63–64, 94, 167, 216 England, 94 Envy, 26, 189 Faddism, 40 Fairfax, VA, 119 Fairness, 79 Farms, 129–30, 132, 149 Fathers, 3, 14, 32, 52, 57–58, 59, 72, 163, 188, 194, 201–2, 206–7, 211, 223, 224 Fear, 23–25, 57, 69, 116, 167, 175 Feminism, 171 Fertility, 18 Fines, 75–76 Fischer, Dorothy C., 60–61 Foreign language, 81 France, 14 Frankel, Ruth, 168–69 Franklin, Adele, 142 Franklin, Ben, 125–26 Freudianism, 41, 49, 50, 66 Frontier, 12 Fun, 105, 142, 163, 208 Funerals, 26 Furnaces, 149 Genetics, 52 Gentleman’s C, 113, 121 Germany, 13, 94 246 INDEX Germs, 28, 30–31, 47, 149 Girls, 11, 19, 21, 22, 23, 42, 98, 102, 125, 140, 152, 154–55, 185, 188 Gordon, Thomas, 145 Gore, Tipper, 183 Grade inflation, 106, 111–17 Grades, 63, 83, 106, 110...