Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Constructing the Troublesome Child 16
6. 2. William Healy and the Progressive Child Savers 38
7. 3. Building the Child Guidance Team 62
8. 4. Popularizing Child Guidance 91
9. 5. The Problem Behavior of the Everyday Child 120
10. 6. Children and Child Guidance 148
11. 7. The Critique of Motherhood 174
12. 8. The Limits of Psychiatric Authority 205
13. Notes 231
14. Index 303