(1951). Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 6:244-254 Precursors of Some Psychoanalytic Ideas about Children in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The twentieth century will probably be recognized as the one in which great advance has been made in the understanding of children. All kinds of child care reform have been introduced, based on investigations and scientific research. Facilities have been obtained to set up modern institutions of all types, schools, child guidance clinics, reform schools, hospital clinics and hospitals for children. Teachers have to undergo a long training, doctors a specialized training in pediatrics and parents are given the opportunity to get professional advice, help and guidance in all spheres of child care. Often such advice, as how to behave toward their children and how to handle them, is even thrust unasked upon parents. Child psychology is the backbone of all these modern attempts of child care. It is therefore surprising to find, in looking over the literature on education and pediatrics of the former centuries, that even in the sixteenth century some of the present-day twentieth [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
