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Kids: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children
Meredith F. Small
ISBN 13: 9780385496285
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Softcover
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In OUR BABIES, OURSELVES, Meredith Small lay bare the mixture of biological and cultural mandates that underlie parenting practices during the first year of a baby's life. In KIDS, she goes deeper. Deftly combining the latest scientific research into human evolution and her own nonjudgmental observations of various cultures throughout the world, Small delves into the lessons, both practical and abstract, adults pass on to their children during the all-important, early formative years between one and six.
Small explores everything from language development to morality. She examines how adults communicate with children, the kind of play they engage in, and the skills the emphasize--and why it matters. Her examples not only make fascinating and eye-opening reading, they provoke readers to rethink their own style of raising their children and to question whether the assumptions of our society promote or hinder a child's healthy emotional and social development.
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Book Description: Anchor Books, United States, 2002. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 207 x 132 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed "Our Babies, Ourselves," Cornell anthropologist Meredith Small now takes on these and other crucial questions about the development of preschool children aged one to six. While "Our Babies, Ourselves" explored the physical and cultural preconceptions behind child-rearing and offered new clues to parenting practices that might be detrimental to a baby's best interest, Kids delves even deeper. Unraveling the deep-seated notions prescribed in most parenting books, Kids"combines the latest scientific research on human evolution and biology with Small's own keen observations of various cultures for a lively, eye-opening view of early childhood in America. Small not only reveals how children in this age group socialize and absorb the rules that underlie the societies they live in; she also explains the extent to which parents enhance or hold back the emotional and psychological growth of their kids. In her engaging style, Small blends memorable accounts from her own experiences raising a preschooler with fascinating findings from her pioneering cross-cultural research, which spanned the country as well as the globe. Covering myriad aspects of the miraculous process of human growth, Small breaks new ground on topics such as why childhood is the optimum time for acquiring language skills; how children absorb knowledge and learn to solve problems; how empathy, and morality in general, make their way into a child's psyche; and the ways in which gender impacts identity. Underlying each chapter is an illuminating discussion of how the roles parents assign children in America shape the self-esteem and self-image of a future generation. Rich with vivid anecdotes and profound insight, Kids will cause readers to rethink their own parenting styles, along with every age-old assumption about how to raise a happy, healthy kid. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780385496285 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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