Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg (1881–1974) was a parenting expert, writer, and director of the Child Study Association of America.[1][2]
Sidonie Gruenberg | |
|---|---|
 Gruenberg c. 1940 | |
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1974 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Citizenship | American |
| Literary movement | Child Study Association of America |
| Notable works | Your Child Today and Tomorrow |
| Spouse | Benjamin Gruenberg |
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]
Life
editSidonie 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg". American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ Sicherman, Barbara (1980). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 295–296.
- ^ a b c Leach, William (1993). Land of Desire. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 330. ISBN 9780307761149.
- ^ Roberta Wollons. "Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ^ Leach, William (1993). Land of Desire. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 329. ISBN 9780307761149.
External links
edit- Works by or about Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg at the Internet Archive
- Sidonie Gruenberg in Notable American Women