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Act natural : a cultural history of misadventures in parenting

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    Running Time: 12:00 hrs
    Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller
    Publisher:
    HarperCollins, 2019
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Traig, Jennifer
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    Why do we read our kids fairy tales about homicidal stepparents? How did helicopter parenting develop if it used to be socially acceptable to abandon your children? Moving from ancient Rome to the Dr. Spock craze of mid-century America, Traig cheerfully explores historic and present-day parenting techniques ranging from the misguided, to the nonsensical, to the truly horrifying.

    Genre:
    Humour, History and geography
    Subject(s): Child rearing | Parenting | Social history
    Original Publisher: [New York], HarperCollins
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781982606367, 1982606363, 9781982606374, 1982606371