I am still somewhat unconvinced of this interpretation. Children (and women) have worked forever to support the family - how can you be sure that taking them to work preceded making them work there (as opposed to "they went to work because they had to do so.") What is the actual evidence for this? Or is this simply a surmise? The assumptions we have about how families have operated are often based on what we perceive to be best in our own time and culture. For example, lots of maternal guilt (so lucrative for authors and experts) generated by the use of nannies and au pairs by affluent women (I still remember the punitive interpretations the 1997 death of a small child in the care of a British nanny here in the states generated - people calling talk shows and proclaiming that the mother deserved to lose her child for leaving him in the care of a nanny.)
In centuries previous more affluent women frequently DID employ hired help including nannies and wet nurses.As is always the case, one of the hallmarks of "making it" is hiring help to do the less glamourous work in running your household. Previous generations appear to have agonized less about this. Nancy Melucci LBCC -----Original Message----- From: Christopher D. Green <chri...@yorku.ca> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 7:23 am Subject: Re: [tips] Does Being Plugged In Means You Ignore Your Kids? drna...@aol.com wrote: I would like a little more information about women "taking their children to work" (as if the industrial revolution were kind of like one big take your kids to work day). The impression I had was that children were SENT to work. Not to be watched but to contribute to the family income.) It was both. When women started working in factories in the early 19th century, there was no choice but to take the children to work. It wasn't long between children that were old enough started working as well. The first (UK) Factories Act (1833) regulated the used of children as labor. The second Factories Act (1844) regulated the use of women. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=3028 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3028-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3029 or send a blank email to leave-3029-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
