How Eskimos keep their babies warm : and other adventures in parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and everywhere in between) /

Hopgood discusses how cultural expectations and customs determine the way kids are raised--from how Kenyans live without strollers to how the Chinese potty train early.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopgood, Mei-Ling
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • How Buenos Aires children go to bed late : sleeping arrangements
  • How the French teach their children to love healthy food : the things kids will eat
  • How Kenyans live without strollers : ingenious products
  • How the Chinese potty train early : managing baby's bottom
  • How Aka Pygmies are the best fathers in the world : paternal leave
  • How Lebanese Americans keep their families close : on adoption
  • How Tibetans cherish pregnancy : a prenatal paradise
  • How the Japanese let their children fight : scaring kids straight
  • How Polynesians play without parents : historic toys
  • How Mayan villagers put their kids to work : the talents of tots
  • How Asians learn to excel in school : grading the countries.