Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg (1881–1974) was a parenting expert, writer, and director of the Child Study Association of America. [1] [2]
In her 1912 book Your Child Today and Tomorrow, Gruenberg popularized the idea of giving an allowance to children so they could understand how to spend it. [3]
Sidonie Gruenberg was born in Austria and educated in Germany and New York City. [1] She married Benjamin Gruenberg, a biology teacher, in 1903, and had four children between 1907–1915: Herbert, Richard, Hilda, and Ernest. [4]
In her parenting books, she said that children do not have any moral actions, so parents should permit actions to help them grow in their individual expression. [3] Gruenberg rejected what she saw as "arbitrary puritanism" in American parenting, saying that strict parents suggest "every desire and impulse of being Satanic." [3] On behalf of Macy's, she lectured at an exposition on "why children should have toys" in 1928. [5]
Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg (1881–1974) was a parenting expert, writer, and director of the Child Study Association of America. [1] [2]
In her 1912 book Your Child Today and Tomorrow, Gruenberg popularized the idea of giving an allowance to children so they could understand how to spend it. [3]
Sidonie Gruenberg was born in Austria and educated in Germany and New York City. [1] She married Benjamin Gruenberg, a biology teacher, in 1903, and had four children between 1907–1915: Herbert, Richard, Hilda, and Ernest. [4]
In her parenting books, she said that children do not have any moral actions, so parents should permit actions to help them grow in their individual expression. [3] Gruenberg rejected what she saw as "arbitrary puritanism" in American parenting, saying that strict parents suggest "every desire and impulse of being Satanic." [3] On behalf of Macy's, she lectured at an exposition on "why children should have toys" in 1928. [5]