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Programs and Primers for Childrearing Education: A Critique

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If anyone were to inquire of any student of social progress, “What is the newest development in the educational world?” The answer would almost surely be schools for infants and a constructive program of education for parents. (1)

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Clarke-Stewart, A. (1984). Programs and Primers for Childrearing Education: A Critique. In: Boger, R.P., Blom, G.E., Lezotte, L.E. (eds) Child Nurturing in the 1980s. Child Nurturance, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4763-8_7

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