Although psychologists by training, John and Elizabeth Newson
have more aptly been described as pioneers in social ecology; they
work from the conviction that the causes and the consequences of
child-rearing attitudes can fruitfully be investigated only in the
framework of the total social environment in which they occur. This
book continues their analysis of child rearing in an English urban
setting.
To this project the Newsons have brought the rigorous research
techniques of their scientific background; but they do not
undervalue the practical experience of parenthood which has taught
them to distrust the magical short cuts to "understanding" child
development offered by the various theoretical schools of thought.
They believe that much of the theory-building has been premature
and that there is an urgent need for detailed descriptive studies
of how parents do in fact treat their, children and, equally
important, how children treat their parents: the constant two-way
interaction through which the pattern of family life is
evolved.
The four-year-old child has been much discussed from the angle
of nursery school education: this book breaks new ground in its
description of nursery-age children in the much more basic and
intimate context of the home. Written without recourse to
unnecessary technical jargon, it will be of absorbing interest to
every intelligent parent and indeed to anyone looking for new
insights into the working of our society. For teachers, doctors,
nurses, and all whose profession it is to work with young children
or with their families, it will be both essential and enjoyable
reading.
"John Newson" and "Elizabeth Newson" in addition to this book
are authors of "The Family and the Handicapped Child: A Study of
Cerebral Palsied Children in Their Homes" and "Infant Care in an
Urban Community." They were professors of psychology at the
University of Nottingham.
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