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The paper asserts that parenting is not simply a task but a series of tasks, of inter-related actions and decisions, and learning these tasks and how to make the right decisions is a difficult enterprise for which many people find themselves unprepared. The paper relates that what people do learn about parenting has often come from observation of other parents, from memories of their own parents, from advice from friends, and so on. The paper discusses how in the modern age of self-help and advice books, books on parenting have been popular and have shaped the thinking of several generations, with the notable works of Dr. Spock in the 1960s showing the way.

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"Parenting is not simply a task but a series of tasks, of inter-related actions and decisions, and learning these tasks and how to make the right decisions is a difficult enterprise for which many people find themselves unprepared. What people do learn about parenting has often come from observation of other parents, from memories of their own parents, from advice fro friends, and so on. In the modern age of self-help and advice books, books on parenting have been popular and have shaped the thinking of several generations, with the notable works of Dr. Spock in the 1960s showing the way. More recently, though, parents seeking assistance are as..."

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