Substitute parents : biological and social perspective on alloparenting across human societies / edited by Gillian Bentley & Ruth Mace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bentley, Gillian R., 1957-

Mace, Ruth.

Series:

Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 3.

Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster parents.

Child care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility/mortality populations, and human females have a long post-reproductive lifespan. These features conspire to make child raising very burdensome. Mothers frequently defray these costs with paternal help (not usual in other ape species), although this contributi

Contents:

The biological basis of alloparental behaviour in mammals / Nancy G. Solomon and Loren D. Hayes

Family matters : kin, demography, and child health in a rural Gambian population / Rebecca Sear and Ruth Mace

Does it take a family to raise a child? : cooperative breeding and the contributions of Maya siblings, parents and older adults in raising children / Karen L. Kramer

Flexible caretakers : responses of toba families in transition / Claudia R. Valeggia

Who minds the baby? Beng perspectives on mothers, neighbours, and strangers as caretakers / Alma Gottlieb

Economic perspectives on alloparenting / Gillian Paull

The school as parent / Berry Mayall

The parenting and substitute parenting of young children / Helen Penn

Adoption, adopters, and adopted children : an evolutionary perspective / David Howe

Surrogacy : the experiences of commissioning couples and surrogate mothers / Emma Lycett

Alloparenting in the context of AIDS in Southern Africa : complex strategies for care / Lorraine van Blerk and Nicola Ansell

Alloparental care and the ontogeny of glucocorticoid stress response among stepchildren / Mark V. Flinn and David Leone

Separation stress in early childhood : harmless side effect of modern care-giving practices or risk factor for development? / Joachim Bensel

Quality, quantity, and type of childcare : effects on child development in the U.S. / Jay Belsky

'It feels normal that other people are split up but not your mum and dad' : divorce through the eyes of children / Margaret Robinson, Lesley Scanlan and Ian Butler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612628061

9780857456427

0857456423

9781282628069

1282628062

9781845459536

1845459539

OCLC:

670411012