Child Guidance in Britain, 1918–1955: The Dangerous Age of Childhood

John Stewart

Child Guidance in Britain, 1918–1955

The Dangerous Age of Childhood

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Stewart presents a history of child guidance literature in Britain from its origins in the years after the First World War until the consolidation of the welfare state. Concepts widely used in this guidance also played a part in broader social and cultural perceptions of what constituted a child’s healthy emotional and psychological development. This is the first study of child guidance in this important period and makes a significant contribution to the historiography.

"'will be of interest to academics and students from any number of disciplines ... this is the first really comprehensive study of the movement ... Stewart's accessible style provides a useful introduction and overview for those unfamiliar with the subject while also offering novel, and sometimes provocative, conclusions that will encourage debate with expert readers.'"

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Child Guidance in Britain, 1918–1955

The Dangerous Age of Childhood

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

List of Tables
pp xi-xii

List of Abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: ‘An Enigma to their Parents’
pp 1-14

1 - Child Guidance Comes to Britain
pp 15-34

2 - Professionals
pp 35-58

3 - The Spread of Child Guidance in the 1930s
pp 59-82

4 - Normalcy, Happiness and Child Guidance in Practice
pp 83-106

5 - Child Guidance in Wartime
pp 107-124

6 - Child Guidance and the British Welfare State
pp 125-144

7 - Child Guidance in Britain at Mid-Century: ‘More Akin to Magic than to Medicine’
pp 145-170

Conclusion: ‘The Dangerous Age of Childhood’
pp 171-184

Appendix 1
pp 185-186

Appendix 2
pp 187-188

Notes
pp 189-216

Works Cited
pp 217-228

Index
pp 229-234

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