Peter Stearns (2004) Consulted Various Existing Sources for His Book

question 113

Multiple Choice

Peter Stearns (2004) consulted various existing sources for his book Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America. What did he find?

• A) Being held responsible for their children's protection from endless sources of harm, many parents experienced a sense of empowerment that increased steadily over the course of the twentieth century.
• B) While children were once viewed as self-sufficient mini-adults, beginning in the late 1800s children were seen as particularly vulnerable.
• C) Stearn's work may have predicted the advent of today's "deadbeat dads," fathers who are not involved in their children's lives.
• D) Meanings of childhood have remained relatively stable over time.

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