Images of childhood in mothers' accounts of contemporary childrearing

Childhood

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-127

  Murphy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childcare practices; Childhood; Childrearing; Images of childhood; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847009838     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568207072534     Document Type: Article

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