The Claims of Parenting Reasons, Responsibility and Society /

• Main Authors: Ramaekers, Stefan (Author), Suissa, Judith (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education ; 4
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education > Philosophy.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Educational Philosophy.; Philosophy of Education.; Educational Psychology.

Many sociological, historical and cultural stories can be and have already been told about why it is that parents in post-industrial, western societies face an often overwhelming array of advice on how to bring up their children. At the same time, there have been several philosophical treatments of...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. The languages of psychology and the science of parenting
• 2. The priority of the particular and the first person
• 3. The intuitive, caring mother
• 4. Good enough parenting?- 5. Rights, needs and duties
• 6. Existential anxiety, responsibility and the political aspects of the family
• References
• Index.