CFD 3250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Puritans, Thomas Hobbes, Attachment Theory
12 Feb 2019
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From the early 20th century to now, parents" relationships with their children have undergone considerable change: many theorists have provided contributed to views regarding ways to bring up children. Early childhood educators have emphasized that parents should respect children"s enthusiasm for learning. It has been shown that context, gender, and the use of technology all affect parent-child relationships. Autocratic parenting: a tradition of harsh, strict childrearing: at the beginning of the 20th century, the autocratic parenting approach was the prevailing belief guiding early american childrearing. That approach to child socialization was influenced by two primary sources: the hobbesian perspective of childrearing: calvinist doctrine that influenced the childrearing beliefs of the early. The willful child (hobbes) and the sinful child (the puritans) The term sinful child came from the early american puritans, who expressed the view that the child"s will needs to be tamed: believed that firm discipline was necessary for children"s development.
