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In an interesting turn of events, what was considered to be good parenting skills in the early half of the 20th century is now considered to be among the worst ways to raise your children. Whereas in the past parents would let their children run like crazy in the streets, but insisted that they restrained themselves at home â€" and beat them so that the demand stuck â€" a new study now finds that parents prefer having their children on a tighter leash in public, while cutting them some slack back at home. The end-result, researchers quoted by LiveScience say, would be “wild†children at home, who barely restrain themselves in public. “Today's parents face demands that require near-constant surveillance of their children. Allowing children more autonomy to express themselves and their disagreements at home may well be a response to the loss of more substantial forms of children's autonomy to move through and participate in their communities on their own,†Wellesle!
y College expert Markella Rutherford explains the results of the new investigation. She is also the author of a new study accompanying the find, which appears online in the latest issue of the journal Qualitative Sociology. The qualitative research was conducted on more than 300 advice columns, which the scientists...
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