MOTHERS IDEAS ABOUT CHILD TRAINING IN ARG ENTINA

In this study, we investigated the ideas that Argentine mothers hold a bout childrearing, comparing mothers of different socioeconomic levels and urban and rural residence. Specifically, we studied three domains of childrearing: social, didactic, and disciplinary. For each domain we analyzed mothers' perceptions of their actual and ideal behaviors a nd of their husbands' actual and ideal behaviors, and mothers' satisfa ction with their own and their husbands' behaviors. The results showed significant differences between mothers' ideas about their own and th eir husbands' behavior, especially in the social and didactic domains. Socioeconomic level and place of residence had limited effects on mot hers' ideas about parenting.