Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Concerning Children by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.reflects his innovative thinking on the social and economic construction of motherhood. In this volume, he addresses American society in its basic principles: the betterment of our society through the development of our children. Gilman attacks our conventional model of parenting, one based on obedience and discipline, rather than on the development of creativity and individuality. She responds to popular practices such as corporal punishment of children, and proposes radical new ways of parenting, including social motherhood, which frees women to pursue careers. Observing for more than a century that it takes an entire village to raise a child, Gilman Concerning Children is a must-read for anyone interested in gender and family studies. Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Charlotte Anna Perkins (Hartford, Connecticut, July 3, 1860 - Pasadena, California, August 17, 1935), was a multidisciplinary American intellectual, very active in defending women's civil rights between the late 1890s and mid-1920s His best known work is The yellow wallpaper? published in 1892, a short story with autobiographical overtones written after a deep postpartum depression.
