Professor Small joins pediatricians, child-development researchers, and anthropologists across the country who are studying to what extent the way we parent our infants is based on biological needs and to what extent it is based on culture-and how sometimes what is culturally dictated may not be what's best for babies. In this ground-breaking book, anthropologist Meredith Small reveals her remarkable findings in the new science of ethnopediatrics. But as scientists are discovering, much of the trusted advice that has been passed down through generations needs to be carefully reexamined. New parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn for guidance to friends and family members who have already raised children. Download Our Babies, Ourselves Book in PDF, Epub and KindleĪ thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do-and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting.
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