One of the goals of the child-centered family of the 1800s was to
a. raise children who were obedient to authority.
b. allow parents to spoil their children.
c. raise independent individuals.
d. overturn the older biblical ideas of child-rearing.
e. preserve childhood innocence.
c
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a. women had finely-tuned moral sensibilities. b. men were charged with teaching young boys to be good and productive citizens. c. the home was women's special sphere, the centerpiece of the cult of domesticity. d. men were always in danger of slipping into some savage way of life, if not for women's influence. e. women could be legally beaten by husbands.
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