Here's what raising an emotionally healthy child meant for the baby boomer generation—and why it matters now
Framed as a matter of national security and defense of our system of free-market capitalism during the Cold War, child psychology blossomed in the postwar years. Rather than leave the development of a child and adolescent to chance—a risky thing, given the stakes involved—experts of all stripes made their presence known to help parents manage the process of growing up.
While Dr. Spock’s name became synonymous with baby and childcare in the postwar years , he was hardly alone in doling out the dos and don’ts of. From the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, a steady stream of experts from a wide variety of fields offered their own take on how to raise a physically and mentally healthy child.
Understanding the thoughts, motives, habits, and emotions of children was key, argued Arthur T. Jersild, a professor of education at Columbia University, urging that parents and teachers have a plan in place lest young people develop feelings of
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