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How we raise our children differs greatly from society to society, with many cultures responding differently to such questions as how a parent should respond to a crying child, how often a baby should be nursed, and at what age a child should learn to sleep alone. Ethnopediatrics--the study of parents, children, and child rearing across cultures--is the subject of anthropologist Meredith F. Small's thorough and fascinating book Our Babies, Ourselves.
Small asserts that our ideas about how to raise our kids are as much a result of our culture as our biology, and that, in fact, many of the values we place on child-rearing practices are based in culture rather than biology. Small writes, "Every act by parents, every goal that molds that act, has a foundation in what is appropriate for that particular culture. In this sense, no parenting style is 'right' and no style is 'wrong.' It is appropriate or inappropriate only according to the culture." Our Babies, Ourselves is a wonderful read for anyone interested in the social sciences, and will be especially meaningful to those swept up in the wild adventure of parenting. --Ericka Lutz -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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A look at the not-so-new idea that how babies eat, sleep, and cry is determined by the culture into which they are bornincluding a subtext that the ever-evolving parenting mode in the US may still not be all that baby-friendly. Small (Anthropology/Cornell; What's Love Got to Do With It?, 1995) is an expert on primate behavior and a convert to the infant science of ethnopediatrics, which brings together medical, developmental, and social science researchers to study babies not as unformed adults but as beings in their own right. To start off, Small reviews the evolutionary data, exploring why human infants have such a long period of dependency and how the intimate bond is created that primes adults to nurture their offspring over such a long period. The child-rearing practices of the African !Kung San and Gusii and the South American Ache groups, modern Japanese, and contemporary Americans are compared. The range is widethe San mothers, for instance, are inseparable from their babies, carrying and nursing them ``on demand'' until they are four or five years old. Americans separate from their babies immediately, installing them in a separate bed or room, even before mother and child leave the hospital. These varied styles reflect the varied goals of the adult culture, the San emphasizing cooperation, the US individuality. Chapters are also devoted to crying, breast feeding, and sleepincluding speculation that babies who sleep with a parent may be less at risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Small clearly approves frequent, if not continuous, bodily contact between child and parent, but emphasizes that successful parenting is a series of trade-offs. What works in one culture may fail in another. No breakthrough research here, but neatly packaged information that elicits new respect for babies and their ability to survive and thrive, whether in the Kalahari or in Chicago. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Our Babies, Ourselves has been making a huge impact on me and my approach to my almost 6 week old baby - strongly recommend it.
It's a look at ethnopediatrics, cross cultural study of babyraising. It's strong confirmation of a lot of our casual observations of how our baby behaves and responds, and is the most powerful thing I've read to confirm to me that my instincts about what to do are good and effective (my instincts and my baby's desires = strong alignment with how attachment parenting is described).
Not a how to baby book but really great. Looks closely and nursing, sleeping and contact. Powerful thing I just read: all babies cry, with the crying peak at 6 weeks or so. But babies who are slept with and held when parents aren't asleep (as our baby is - he's solo for only about an hour a day total exclusing of changing him) cry for far shorter periods of time. That is, it can be proactive - babies who are carried and held will cry much less when the do cry. If you pick them up only when they start crying - too late.
The book does a great job of explaining some of the complexities of the parent-kid bond, and looks at how different cultures parent differently according to their society's values, and how attempts to inculcate those values can sometimes (and not only in our culture) lead to babyraising practices that don't make sense developmentally. Really inspiring and smart book.
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Meredith Small's well researched, scientific, and fascinating book should be read by all expectant parents. What a load off to know that all the things I was doing out of instinct (breastfeeding on cue, sleeping in the same bed with my daughter, carrying her around, picking her up when she cried) were normal resposes everywhere else in the world. Armed with Small's research I could feel confident around other moms', who told me I was spoiling my baby, that my instincts were indeed o.k. and correct. I wish all new moms would read this before buying Ezzo and Ferber!
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I am a family physician and mother of 3 girls. I am ashamed that this information is not being made available to those in the medical field. Or rather that we/they are not open to recieving it. I knew as a new mother that it was "wrong" to leave my child screaming in her crib but my colleague physician (never a mother herself) said it was the "right" thing to do. I listened to my heart but only after much conflict and conflicting messages being communicated overtly and covertly to my child I'm sure. I've subsequently read THE CONTINUUM CONCEPT to which Ms Small refers and armed with both of these books I intend to return to the halls of academia and medical training to reeducate the doctors of the new millenium (if I'm not laughed out of the classroom or the office!) Regardless, as a mother of 3 under 8 years of age I've been reinspired to stick to my instincts in childcare and love from the heart and less from the head!
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Extremely interesting, but not "light reading"
I've really enjoyed this book - its extremely interesting and thought provoking and well written. However, it is also gets pretty in depth into evolutionary science and biology. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Januar 2000 von Kelly
Should be required reading for the nation!
As parent who has defied many of the parenting norms of this culture: letting baby cry it out, sleep alone, rigid feeding and sleeping schedules,overuse of props etc. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A must for parents who want the best for their children
This book was very interesting for me, a student of cultural anthropology and sociology, and absolutely indispensable for me as a parent. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Read this before any other parenting book!
I agree this is one of the best gifts to a first time mom. I wish I would have read this book before my first child was born. I just wish there was a second volume for toddlers!
Am 26. August 1999 veröffentlicht
an excellent and thought provoking book
As a first time parent I was unsure about how to handle all the millions of decisions regarding care of my baby and was confused and frustrated by conflicting advice and opinions. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. August 1999 veröffentlicht
The best!
What a wonderful book! This is an excellent piece of work covering the new field, ethnopediatrics, which is something that it's about time Western culture had its eyes opened up... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. August 1999 veröffentlicht
An eye-opening book and a true learning experience
I highly recommend "Our Babies, Ourselves" to any parent interested in an anthropologically and biologically-oriented approach to parenthood, especially motherhood. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
excellent overview of the influences of culture in parenting
This is an easily read and fascinating book. It points out the influence of American values to raise independent and self reliant children. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. März 1999 veröffentlicht
This book was vital to my learning to parent my two-week old
I received this book as a baby present when Tristan was ten days old. It gave me important new ways to think about interacting with Tristan, and I'm firmly convinced that it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
Insights on Parenting Beyond Generic Baby Care Books
A MUST READ for any parent. By the time you've read about the basics of tending to your newborn's physical needs, such as how to take his or her temperature, how to diaper and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
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