Concerning Children

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Concerning Children reflects her innovative thinking on the social and economic construction of motherhood. In this volume she takes on American society at its core principles: the betterment of our society through the development of our children. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gilman attacks our conventional model of child rearing one based on obedience and discipline rather than on the development of creativity and individuality. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span>���</span>She responds to popular practices such as the corporal punishment of children and proposes new and radical ways of child-rearing including social motherhood which frees women to pursue careers. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Presciently observing more than a century ago that it takes an entire village to raise a child Gilman's Concerning Children is a must-read for anyone interested in gender and family studies. </span></p>