Scientific Parenthood
The Mental Hygiene Movement and the Reform of Canadian Families,. 1925 - 1950
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2951750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harley D Dickinson (University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-402 |
| Publication date | 1993-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.24.3.387 |
| OpenAlex | W2979334861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Using both published and unpublished archival material this paper examines attempts of the scientific child study and parent education branches of the mental hygiene movement to influence child training practices in Canada throughout the inter-War period. Using Habermas's concepts of the rationalization and colonization of the lifeworld it is concluded that the reform of families advocated had both oppressive and progressive consequences for individuals. This conclusion leads to the rejection of both one-sided celebrationist and social control interpretations as adequate conceptual frameworks for analyzing the mental hygiene attempt. to scientize child rearing knowledge and practices
Developmental psychology · Hygiene · Lifeworld · Mental health · Mental hygiene · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Rationalization (economics) · Reform movement · Social science · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Canadian Identity and History · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2007 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |