◎ contents part 1 : childrearing in context 1. childrearing, psychology and sociology 2. the feminist study of childrearing 3. individuals, families and children 4. friends and relations part 2 : portraits of childrearing in four middle income households 5. fitting children into adult frameworks 6. fitting in around the children part 3 : developing the pictures 7. conceptions of children 8. childrearing philosophies in action 9. sociology and childrearing reconsidered index