What science says is best: Parenting practices, scientific authority and maternal identity

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 85-98

  Faircloth, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal identity; Neuroscience; Parenting; Psychology; Scientific authority

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956321029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2175     Document Type: Article

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