Parenting Across Cultures Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Selin, Helaine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 7
• Subjects: Medicine.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Maternal and child health services.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Medicine & Public Health.; Maternal and Child Health.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Family.

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...