What is it about?
This article offers an accessible overview of the scholarship on the history of parents in England and suggests some new directions for research.
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Why is it important?
This article is a great introduction to the history of parents for students and researchers and is useful for anyone writing or teaching the history of the family.
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This page is a summary of: The History of Mum and Dad: Recent Historical Research on Parenting in England from the 16th to 20th centuries, History Compass, June 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/hic3.12164.
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