Parenting for primates / Harriet J. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Harriet J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parenting.

Primates--Behavior.

Primates.

Parental behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting by nonhuman and human primates. In a narrative rich with vivid anecdotes derived from interviews with primatologists, from her own experience breeding cottontop tamarin monkeys for over thirty years, and from her clinical psychology practice, Smith describes the ways that primates care for their offspring, from infancy through young adulthood.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Prologue

1. Learning to Parent

2. The Primate Recipe for Mothering

3. The Diversity of Primate Fathering

4. The Babysitters' Club

5. Weaning Wars

6. The Quiet Years

7. Emptying the Nest

8. Parenting with Partners

9. Parenting Solo

10. The Dark Side of Parenting

11. How Much Do Parents Matter?

Who's Who among Nonhuman Primates

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-423) and index.

ISBN:

9780674043800

0674043804

OCLC:

432675710