ISBN:
9400775032
,
9789400775039
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 516 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Science across cultures : the history of non-Western science volume 7
Parallel Title:
Print version Parenting Across Cultures : Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures
DDC:
306.874
Keywords:
Parenting Cross-cultural studies
Abstract:
This book highlights the strong connection between culture and parenting. It includes many different cultural views on parenting and examines such issues as depression, academic achievement, adolescent identity, abusive parenting, and stepparents
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Contributors; Introduction; References; Parenting Practices and Shyness in Chinese Children; Introduction; Culture and Parenting: A Theoretical Model; Parenting Practices in Chinese Cultural Contexts; Chinese Culture and Shyness; Parenting Practices and Shyness in Chinese Children; Conclusion; References; Parenting in Hong Kong: Traditional Chinese Cultural Roots and Contemporary Phenomena; Introduction; Chinese Cultural Influences on Parenting in Hong Kong; Parenting Literature in Traditional Chinese Culture with Relevance to Hong Kong
Description / Table of Contents:
Changing Parenting in Contemporary Hong KongObservation 1: Traditional Chinese Parenting Attributes Still Exist but There Are Gradual Changes; Observation 2: There Is a Shift from "Strict Fathers, Kind Mothers" to "Strict Mothers, Kind Fathers" or "Involved Mothers, Detached Fathers"; Observation 3: Academic Excellence Is Still the Paramount Socialization Goal; Observation 4: Worrying Phenomena Related to Parenting; Observation 5: Parent-Child Discrepancies Exist in Perceived Parenting Processes; Observation 6: Parenting Processes Are Relatively Poorer in Vulnerable Families
Description / Table of Contents:
Observation 7: Lack of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs Appendices; Appendix 1: Examples of the 24 Piety Stories; Appendix 2: English Translation of "At Home, Be Dutiful to My Parents" in Standards for Being a Good Student and Child (Di Zi Gui); At Home, Be Dutiful to My Parents; References; Parenting in India; Introduction; Parental Readiness for the Arrival of the Baby; Parental Encouragement in Early Childhood; Regulation and Freedom During Adolescence; Parenting in Joint Family Structure; Parenting and Children in North East India
Description / Table of Contents:
Government of India Programmes that Focus on Improving Parenting Styles in IndiaReferences; Parenting in Vietnam; Geography, History and Economics; Parenting; Family Structure and Roles; New Trends in Family Structure; Parenting Goals; Disciplinary Measures; Other Issues; Adolescents and Communication About Sex; Parenting Children with Developmental Delays; Immigration and Acculturation Issues; Conclusion; References; Child Rearing in Japan; Introduction; Wanted! More Japanese Babies; Families and Child Rearing in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Japan
Description / Table of Contents:
Japanese Child Rearing: Then and Now Fathers; Summary and Conclusions; References; Parental Beliefs and Fathers' and Mothers' Roles in Malaysian Families; Ethnic Composition; The Sociocultural Context of Gender Roles and Parental Beliefs; Fathers' and Mothers' Involvement in Childcare; Contemporary Lifestyle and Parenting; Summary and Implications for Research and Policy; References; Parenting in Pakistan: An Overview; Introduction; Pakistan; Family Norms and Religious Values Central to Parenting; Religion; Norms of Family Structure; Strategies in Childrearing; Marriage
Description / Table of Contents:
The "Extended" Family
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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