Materials such as popular books, magazines, and newspapers have historically been important for the circulation of psychologists' and psychiatrists' expertise in the public sphere. In this article, I analyze an advice column published in the Swedish parenting magazine Vi Föräldrar [Us Parents], featuring the child psychologist Malin Alfvén. Drawing on the concept of figurations (Castañeda, 2002), denoting the process of outlining and defining an entity, I show how the expert framed the child-related problems brought up in the submitted letters as transient and a normal part of children's development. In fact, most problems were considered beneficial for both parents and the child. Instead of interpreting children's behavior through a medical framework, Alfvén's explanations drew on 3 naturalizing figurations of the child: as being one of several kinds of children; as going through phases and ages; and as being a unique individual. For instance, a child could be rowdy and temperamental because he was a willful kind of child, not because, as suggested by some parents, he suffered from a neuropsychiatric disorder. I conclude by contrasting these findings to the claims made by some scholars that "psy" experts have contributed to an increasing medicalization of childhood as well as to a framing of children's development as overwhelmingly determined by parents' care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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“不用担心”：瑞典育儿建议栏中的孩子形象。

从历史上看，诸如流行书籍，杂志和报纸之类的材料对于公共领域中心理学家和精神科医生的专业知识的传播非常重要。在本文中，我分析了瑞典育儿杂志ViFöräldrar[Us Parents]中的一个建议专栏，其中有儿童心理学家MalinAlfvén。借鉴人物形象的概念（Castañeda，2002），表示概述和定义实体的过程，我展示了专家如何将提交的信件中提出的与儿童有关的问题框定为暂时的和儿童发展的正常部分。实际上，大多数问题被认为对父母和孩子都有益。Alfvén的解释不是通过医疗框架来解释儿童的行为，而是基于3种归化的儿童形象：作为几种孩子之一；随着阶段和年龄的发展；作为一个独特的个体。例如，一个孩子可能脾气暴躁，因为他是一个任性的孩子，而不是因为某些父母建议他患有神经精神病。最后，我将这些发现与一些学者的说法进行了对比，他们认为“间谍”专家对儿童医疗的发展以及对儿童发展的构架做出了贡献，而父母的照顾绝大多数决定了这种现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。根据一些父母的建议，他患有神经精神疾病。最后，我将这些发现与一些学者的说法进行了对比，他们认为“间谍”专家对儿童医疗的发展以及对儿童发展的构架做出了贡献，而父母的照顾绝大多数决定了这种现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。根据一些父母的建议，他患有神经精神疾病。最后，我将这些发现与一些学者的说法进行了对比，他们认为“间谍”专家对儿童医疗的发展以及对儿童发展的构架做出了贡献，而父母的照顾绝大多数决定了这种现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。