Cultural perspectives on the 'Whats?' and 'Whys?' of parenting

Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 319-327

  Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childrearing values; Infancy; Parental ethnotheories; Parenting practices; Socialization goals

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANCY; MATERNAL CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0042887063     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071939     Document Type: Note

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