An edition of Our babies, ourselves (1998)

Our Babies, Ourselves

How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

  • 2 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list


  • 2 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
December 19, 2023 | History
An edition of Our babies, ourselves (1998)

Our Babies, Ourselves

How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

  • 2 Want to read

"In the winter of 1995, in a dimly lit room in Atlanta, Georgia, I witnessed a birth. Not the birth of a baby, but of a new science, ethnopediatrics." Thus begins Dr. Meredith F. Small's new book on the study of parents and infants across cultures and the way different caretaking styles affect the health, well-being, and survival of infants.

Each culture, and often each family, offers advice and directives on the right and wrong way to raise and care for infants, from feeding, interaction, and emotional support to mandating what is normal in terms of infant sleeping, crying, and more. Yet scientists are finding that what we are taught is the right way to parent our children is often based on nothing more than cultural tradition - and may even run counter to a baby's biological needs.

Written for parents and science lovers alike, Our Babies, Ourselves shows what makes us bring up our kids the way we doand what is actually best for babies.

Publish Date
Publisher
Anchor
Language
English
Pages
320

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Our Babies, Ourselves
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent
May 4, 1999, Anchor
in English
Cover of: Our babies, ourselves
Our babies, ourselves: how biology and culture shape the way we parent
1998, Anchor Books
in English - 1st Anchor Books ed.

Add another edition?

Book Details


First Sentence

"Several years ago, The American Museum of Natural History in New York City sponsored a special exhibit of human ancestors."

Classifications

Library of Congress
RJ61, RJ61 .S6345 1999

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7440199M
ISBN 10
0385483627
ISBN 13
9780385483629
OCLC/WorldCat
37820094
Library Thing
54188
Goodreads
407854

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2737646W

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
December 19, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
December 26, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
November 26, 2022 Edited by Nintendofan885 dupe
November 15, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record