The purpose of this research is to analyze the formation and the evolution of social representation of child rearing practice in Korean society. Here social representation is, as the form of cultural expression in one society, the value and model used for the definition of children who have important status in the society. In this perspective we have analyzed traditional child rearing practice by historico-ethnological approach.
The traditional child rearing practice is sequence of behavior so commonly used by members of the community, and so thoroughly intergrated into the lager culture. Although at the group level these customs can be seen as adaptions to the larger environment or ways of coping with developmental issues, they are more likely to be regarded by members of culture as the "reasonable" or "natural" things to do. As such, they also are behavioral strategies for dealing with children of particular ages, in the context of particular environmental constraints.
In Korean traditional society, children have been shaped very attentively even from uterus according to social demand. This conception remains to these days but with little attentions.
