Parenting Across Cultures
Helaine . Ed(S): Selin
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Description for Parenting Across Cultures
Paperback. This book highlights the strong connection between culture and parenting. It includes many different cultural views on parenting and examines such issues as depression, academic achievement, adolescent identity, abusive parenting, and stepparents. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 538 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 811.
There is a strong connection between culture and parenting. What is acceptable in one culture is frowned upon in another. This applies to behavior after birth, encouragement in early childhood, and regulation and freedom during adolescence. There are differences in affection and distance, harshness and repression, and acceptance and criticism. Some parents insist on obedience; others are concerned with individual development. This clearly differs from parent to parent, but there is just as clearly a connection to culture. This book includes chapters on China, Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Brazil, Native Americans and Australians, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, ... Read more
There is a strong connection between culture and parenting. What is acceptable in one culture is frowned upon in another. This applies to behavior after birth, encouragement in early childhood, and regulation and freedom during adolescence. There are differences in affection and distance, harshness and repression, and acceptance and criticism. Some parents insist on obedience; others are concerned with individual development. This clearly differs from parent to parent, but there is just as clearly a connection to culture. This book includes chapters on China, Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Brazil, Native Americans and Australians, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
Series
Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science
Number of Pages
516
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789402405996
SKU
V9789402405996
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