Parenting for cognitive development from 1950 to 2000: The institutionalization of mass education and the social construction of parenting in the United States

Sociology of Education

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-66

  Schaub, Maryellen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Early childhood; Institutional theory; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953799544     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040709356566     Document Type: Article

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