The Parenting and Substitute Parenting of Young Children

Sociobiologists and primatologists, such as Sarah Hrdy (Prologue) have documented the evolutionary roots of primate behaviour. They have emphasized the variability of maternal and paternal behaviour across species. They also point to the ubiquitousness of alloparenting. Whether they live in gregario...

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Published in:Substitute Parents p. 179
Main Author: Helen Penn
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 15.09.2009
Edition:NED - New edition, 1
Subjects:
Adults
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Child care
Child development
Child psychology
Childhood
Children
Developmental biology
Developmental psychology
Early childhood education
Education
Families
Family members
Formal education
Grade levels
Human developmental stages
Human populations
Human societies
Infants
Mothers
Parenting
Parents
Pedagogy
Persons
Population studies
Psychology
Social institutions
Social sciences
Sociology
Women
ISBN:9780857456410, 0857456415
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Summary:Sociobiologists and primatologists, such as Sarah Hrdy (Prologue) have documented the evolutionary roots of primate behaviour. They have emphasized the variability of maternal and paternal behaviour across species. They also point to the ubiquitousness of alloparenting. Whether they live in gregarious communities, or whether they live more solitary lives, primate mothers are likely to have some direct help in rearing their young. In this chapter, I propose to examine some of the variations in parenting and alloparenting/substitute parenting which exist cross-culturally. I realize that the word ‘cross-cultural’ itself raises conceptual and methodological issues about the possibility of comparing very different
ISBN:9780857456410
0857456415