Summary: <a class="alignleft" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691162573/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691162573&linkCode=as2&tag=mrdacom-20&linkId=8974f0ec76ecfe6677c6ebee61a3a11e"></a>Paula Fass, author of The End of American Childhood.<br> Topic: A history of parenting from life on the frontier to the managed child.<br> Issues: How the American understanding of childhood differs from that of many other countries; how the way we raise our children mirrors the way our society and culture has developed; why childhood lasts a lot longer now than it did 150 years ago or so; and much more.<br> <br>