Caption: [Alison Clarke Stewart]Dr. Clarke – Stewart: She finds flaws in the approach of most of the authors. The child care manuals that careful American parents consult. So religiously are not as reliable as some people assume, says a developmental psychologist at the University of Chicago. As a genre. Dr, Alison Clarke Stewart, the psychologist, said, these books mix scientific evidence with mere opinion and present both as "the truth." They "seldom, if ever, given any evidence or support for what they're saying. even if such evidence exists." Dr. Clarke-Stewart conducted a study in New Haven Conn., for the federal Office of Child Development on the ways in which affect their children's behavior, and she recently completed a book surveying the current research on patents effect on their children's development. Many child care manuals tend to undermine parental confidence, she said." In the '50s and the beginning of the'60s, the expert tended to be very authoritative and that is one reason parents have been insecure about themselves.".
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