ACT NATURAL: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MISADVENTURES IN PARENTING

Book ID/图书代码： 02330015B84314

English Summary/英文概要： ACT NATURAL comes from a curiosity about what parents actually did throughout history, what they do now in other parts of the world, and why, here, now, we do what we do. Throughout history, whenever parents have faced a crisis of confidence, they’ve turned to nature for answers.

Over the past three hundred years it has led parents to do things like bathe their children in icy streams, confiscate their shoes, and accidentally kill them through malnutrition, exposure, and hypothermia. The book will include: an examination of the “natural” and our attempts to parent naturally throughout history; a history of, and argument for parental outsourcing; a look at childbirth through the ages; an examination of developmental milestones across cultures and throughout history; an overview of the best, worst, and strangest advice books from ancient times until now; a history of sleep, sleep training, diets, and what children actually consumed in centuries past (mostly booze); the origins of standardized education and disciplinary methods; a discussion of language development and an overview of some of the most inappropriate books for children ever published, from the morbid to the racist; and the dark history of children’s games.

In any house with small children, questions are asked all the time, but never about the big-picture things, like why we’re doing any of this in the first place. Which is where this book comes from, a curiosity about what parents actually did throughout history, what they do now in other parts of the world, and why, here, now, we do what we do.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自然的行为源于好奇，好奇的是父母过去到底做了些什么，他们现在在世界其他地方做了什么，以及为什么要那样做，现在，我们为什么在这里做我们此刻做的事。纵观历史，每当父母面临信心危机时，他们就会求助于自然。

在过去的三百年里，它导致父母们做一些事情，比如在冰冷的溪流中给孩子洗澡，没收他们的鞋子，由于照顾不周导致孩子营养不良，或是衣食不周导致孩子体温过低而间接害死他们。这本书将包括:考察“自然的”和我们试图在整个历史中自然的父母；父母将孩子变成留守孩子的历史和争论；看历代的分娩；审查跨越文化和历史的发展里程碑；从古代到现在，最好的，最差的，最奇怪的建议都在这本书中有所概述；关于睡眠的历史，睡眠训练，饮食，以及过去几个世纪孩子们的实际消费(主要是酒)；标准化教育的起源与学科方法，关于语言发展的讨论和一些最不适合儿童阅读的书籍的概述，从病态到种族主义；以及儿童游戏的黑暗历史。

在任何有小孩的家里，总是会有人问问题，但从来不会涉及大局，比如我们为什么要这样做。这就是这本书的来源，孩子好奇父母曾经到底做了什么，他们现在在世界其他地方做了什么，以及为什么现在我们在这里做我们此刻做的事。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况：特瑞格的《细节中的魔鬼》在这个时而滑稽时而令人不安的历史调查中探索了各个时代的育儿之道。作为两个孩子的母亲，特瑞格强调了在任何时代养育孩子都是多么的困难。虽然不同章节探讨的话题——包括分娩、喂养、兄弟姐妹冲突、睡眠和儿童文学——虽然都很熟悉，但这不是一本普通的育儿书。特瑞格发现了大量令人震惊的“历史恐怖事件”；例如，在古罗马，父母经常“暴露”或遗弃他们不想要的孩子，在后来的时间里把他们送到“弃婴之家”，这几乎总是被证明是致命的(杀婴和遗弃，特瑞格写道，在一个安全可靠的节育之前的时代起作用，就像“早期计划生育”的粗糙形式)。除了这些令人毛骨悚然的细节，特雷格还发现了一些有趣的不寻常的细节，比如清教徒父母为了道德教育的目的给他们的孩子起了奇怪的名字(这些名字包括杀罪、假婚和晕倒)。从头到尾，特莱格都展现出一种讽刺的幽默，就像当她注意到许多早期的妇科学文献都是由僧侣们所写的历史好奇心时，“他们大概比地球上任何人都更不了解女性生殖解剖学。”这节信息量丰富的历史课非常有趣，家长们可能会一直读到很晚才睡觉。(1月)

"从一个独特的，独一无二的声音，一个邪恶的，有趣的，迷人的在奇怪的，经常是矛盾的育儿历史中嬉戏。" “詹妮弗•特瑞格以一种自然的方式，将智慧和视角引入了《初为人母》的宏大舞台，用她自己的招牌——滑稽的常识、不敬和深入研究后的理解，为新家庭生活注入如今已是老生常谈的新比喻。给那些对育儿指南不感兴趣的父母提供了一个基本的育儿指南，值得阅读。”——《产后必读》一书的作者艾丽萨•艾伯特

“这本书经过细致的研究，引人入胜的写作，通常非常有趣，这本书会让你对自己糟糕的育儿技巧和决策感觉好很多。”——尼尔•波拉克，《Alternadad》的作者 https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780062469809

Traig (Devil in the Details) explores parenting throughout the ages in this alternately hilarious and disturbing historical survey. A mother of two, Traig emphasizes how difficult parenting is in any era, observing that “to do even a half-assed job is a Sisyphean task.” Though the topics explored in different chapters—childbirth, feeding, sibling conflict, sleep, and children’s literature—are familiar, this is no ordinary childcare book. Traig finds a wealth of shocking “historical horrors”; in ancient Rome, for instance, parents often “exposed,” or abandoned, their unwanted offspring, and in later times sent them to “foundling homes,” which almost invariably proved fatal (infanticide and abandonment, Traig writes, functioned, in an era before safe and reliable birth control, as crude forms of “early family planning”). Alongside such ghoulish details, Traig finds amusingly offbeat ones, such as bizarre names bestowed by Puritan parents on their children for purposes of moral instruction (these include Kill Sin, Fly-Fornication, and Faint-Not). Throughout, Traig exhibits a sardonic wit, as when noting the historical curiosity that many early gynecological texts were written by monks, “who presumably knew less about female reproductive anatomy than anyone on the planet.” This information-rich history lesson is so entertaining it may keep parents up reading well past their bedtimes. (Jan.)

“From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of parenting”

"In Act Natural, Jennifer Traig brings wit and perspective to the grand stage of late-bloomer parenthood, infusing the by-now tired tropes of new family life with her own brand of zany common sense, irreverence, and deeply-researched understanding. A fundamental parenting guide for parents uninterested in parenting guides."--Elisa Albert, author of After Birth

"Meticulously researched, engagingly written, and often extremely funny, this excellent book will make you feel much better about your own lousy parenting techniques and decisions."-- Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad

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