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Self-esteem in time and place : how American families imagine, enact, and personalize a cultural ideal / Peggy J. Miller and Grace E. Cho.

LIBRA BF723.S3 M55 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller, Peggy J. (Peggy Jo), 1950- author.
Cho, Grace E., author.
Series:
Child development in cultural context
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Self-esteem in children--United States.
Self-esteem in children.
Child rearing--United States--History--21st century--Case studies.
Child rearing.
Parenting--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
Parenting.
History.
United States.
Genre:
Case studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
History.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Histories
Origins of the self-esteem imaginary
The age of self-esteem
Beliefs
A chorus of parental voices
Nuanced and dissenting voices
Practices
Praise and affirmation
Discipline
Child-affirming artifacts
Persons
Emily Parker and her family
Eric Prewitt and his family
Charisse Jackson and her family
Brian Tatler and his family
Commentary: personalization
Conclusions
Appendix: methods for the millennial study
Notes
References
About the authors
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199959723
0199959722
OCLC:
984512057

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