 Burman’s 1994 work, "Deconstructing Developmental Psychology", provided a critical response to mainstream theories of child development, and drew upon feminist theory to show how this aspect of psychology serves to regulate family behavior, marginalize working class and minority ethnic women and pathologise their experience as mothers.The book covers the spectrum of dominant approaches in psychology, and finds each of them wanting.The specific cultural assumptions that give rise to different forms of psychology are examined, and the book provides new ways of thinking about the position of children in modern society.