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根据下面资料,回答题 The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survivaland beyond that, is own economic prosperity.Thus, children were valued in terms of their productivity,and they assumed the role of producer quite early.Until they fulfilled this role, their position in thestructure of the family was one of subordination (从属), and their psychological needs and capacities
received little consideration.
As the society became more complex, the status of children in the family and in the society becamemore important.In the complex, technological society that the United States has become, each membermust fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in constant contact with a great manyother members.Consequently, viewing children as potentially acceptable members of society means thatthey are regarded more as people in their own right than as utilitarian organisms.This acceptance ofchildren as equal participants in the contemporary family is reflected in the variety of statutes protecting therights of children and in the social public welfare programs devoted exclusively to their well-being.
This new way of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has alsoresulted in a great interest in child-rearing techniques.People today spend a considerable portion of theirtime on the proper way to bring up children.It is now possible to influence the details of the socializationof another person' s child by spreading the principle of current and fashionable theories and methods ofchild-rearing.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A.The Child as a Utilitarian Organism.
B.The Development of Cultural Values.
C.The Children of Colonial North America.
D.The Place of Children in American Society.
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