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Parenting Across Cultures

Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Helaine Selin

    1. Hampshire College, Amherst, USA

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  • Describes associated issues such as depression in relation to different parenting styles
  • Highlights the strong connection between culture and parenting
  • Includes many different cultural views on parenting?

Part of the book series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science (SACH, volume 7)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Helaine Selin
    Pages 1-11

  3. Parenting Practices and Shyness in Chinese Children

    • Yiyuan Xu, Lijin Zhang, Puanani Hee
    Pages 13-24

  4. Parenting in Hong Kong: Traditional Chinese Cultural Roots and Contemporary Phenomena

    • Daniel T. L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun
    Pages 25-38

  5. Parenting in India

    • Rita Isaac, I. K. Annie, H. R. Prashanth
    Pages 39-45

  6. Parenting in Vietnam

    • Tatyana Mestechkina, Nguyen Duc Son, Jin Y. Shin
    Pages 47-57

  7. Child Rearing in Japan

    • Susan D. Holloway, Ayumi Nagase
    Pages 59-76

  8. Parental Beliefs and Fathers’ and Mothers’ Roles in Malaysian Families

    • Ziarat Hossain
    Pages 77-90

  9. Parenting in Pakistan: An Overview

    • Riffat Moazam Zaman
    Pages 91-104

  10. Parenting in the Philippines

    • Liane Peña Alampay
    Pages 105-121

  11. Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Bangladeshi Culture

    • Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail
    Pages 123-144

  12. The Evolving Challenges of Modern-Day Parenthood in Singapore

    • Karen Mui-Teng Quek
    Pages 145-161

  13. Understanding Coparenting and Family Systems Among East and Southeast Asian-Heritage Families

    • James P. McHale, Khanh T. Dinh, Nirmala Rao
    Pages 163-173

  14. Parenting: The Turkish Context

    • Hilal Sen, H. Melis Yavuz-Muren, Bilge Yagmurlu
    Pages 175-192

  15. Parenting in Israel: Together Hand in Hand, You Are Mine and I Am Yours

    • Miri Scharf
    Pages 193-206

  16. Parenting in Jordan

    • Hanan Takash, Suha Al-Hassan
    Pages 207-212

  17. Parenting in a Rainbow Nation: A South African Perspective on Parenting

    • Nicolette V. Roman
    Pages 213-229

  18. Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Ghana

    • Kingsley Nyarko
    Pages 231-239

  19. Changing Patterns of Yoruba Parenting in Nigeria

    • Emmanuel D. Babatunde, Kelebogile Setiloane
    Pages 241-252

  20. Parenting Among the Nso of the Northwest Province of Cameroon

    • Relindis D. Yovsi
    Pages 253-266
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There is a strong connection between culture and parenting. What is acceptable in one culture is frowned upon in another.  This applies to behavior after birth, encouragement in early childhood, and regulation and freedom during adolescence. There are differences in affection and distance, harshness and repression, and acceptance and criticism. Some parents insist on obedience; others are concerned with individual development.  This clearly differs from parent to parent, but there is just as clearly a connection to culture.  This book includes chapters on China, Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Brazil, Native Americans and Australians, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba, Pakistan, Nigeria, Morocco, and several other countries. Beside this, the authors address depression, academic achievement, behavior, adolescent identity, abusive parenting, grandparents as parents, fatherhood, parental agreement and disagreement, emotional availability and stepparents.​

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  • Hampshire College, Amherst, USA

    Helaine Selin

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