Parenting Experts - Their Advice, the Research, and Getting It Right (Hardcover)

Compares the parenting advice of five well-known experts. Most parents lack the time, training, and other resources needed to consult the extensive research on parenting that has been produced by scientific study. Instead, many rely on advice from a few well-known authorities in popular books, newspaper columns, and other media. This work takes a critical look at the advice of five experts - Benjamin Spock, T. Berry Brazelton, James Dobson, Penelope Leach and John Rosemond - then compares that with the findings of hundreds of empirical studies on children. The focus is on major parenting problems, including persistent infant crying, toilet training, early day care, discipline, adolescent sexuality education, substance abuse, and the influence of television and other electronic media. A final chapter summarizes the accuracy of each expert's advice compared with research findings, points out the common ground between experts, and summarizes their major strategies and biases. In some cases, a substantial gap exists between expert advice and scientific research findings. and students will find this book not only helpful, but also illuminating. Rankin's meticulous analysis points out areas of agreement and dispute between some of the most quoted parenting experts in the field, and, perhaps even more revealing, areas where their widely quoted pronouncements deviate from research and clinical evidence. Makes sense of often conflicting parenting experts and how their advice can clash with scientific research Offers parents an understanding of 'best practices' as identified by research. Explains the multitude of elements (other than research and practice) that shape the advice of experts Focuses on a critical analysis of the advice of five often conflicting, but very well known, authors on parenting.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	October 2005
Authors:	Jane Rankin
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-97678-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Child care & upbringing > General
LSN:	0-275-97678-5
Barcode:	9780275976781

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