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    Keith A. Roberts, Ph.D.

    Dept of Sociology & Anthropology

    Hanover College

    Hanover, IN  47243

 

    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

    Office: 812/ 866-7353

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Our department is developing a new course in Parenting to add to our 'family

studies' concentration.  So far, I have been unable to find standard texts

that focus specifically on this topic.  Have any of you come across this

kind of text (outside of Marriage and Family texts)?

 

In addition, if you have suggestions on anthologies or readers on the

general topic of Parenting or specific aspects of Parenting (especially on

the topic of fatherhood in contemporary culture), I would greatly appreciate

your passing along any and all suggestions.  Course syllabi that you might

be willing to share would also be appreciated!

 

 

I am afraid I cannot be terribly helpful in this regard, but as part of a term project, it can be interesting to acquire a copy of Gordon’s PET (Parent Effectiveness Training) from the late 1960s and the STEP Program (Systematic Training for Effective Training) from the 1980s and 1990s.  You can have students do content analysis of these extremely popular parent-training programs.  The differences in assumptions in the two programs are really quite intriguing, and they both differ substantially from Behavior Modification approaches.  This could give them a look at popular approaches to parenting—all three of which were designed to be alternatives to corporal punishment.  Rudolph Dreikurs materials (e.g. Children: The Challenge) might also be an interesting read, having students dig into the assumptions about human behavior that undergird his approach.

 

Keith

 

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    Keith A. Roberts, Ph.D.

    Dept of Sociology & Anthropology

    Hanover College

    Hanover, IN  47243

 

    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

    Office: 812/ 866-7353

 

 

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