ENGLISH

Parenting Beliefs, Behaviors, and Parent-Child Relations: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Book information

Publisher
Psychology Press
Year
2006
ISBN
184169438X, 9781841694382, 9780203942901
LCC
HQ755.8 .P379128 2005
Open Library ID
OL22722088M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7005137 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Topic
Psychology
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

The purpose of this book, is to present a rather simple argument. Parents' thoughts about childrearing and the ways in which they interact with children to achieve particular parenting or developmental goals, are culturally determined. Within any culture, children are shaped by the physical and social settings within which they live, culturally regulated customs and childrearing practices, and culturally based belief systems. The psychological ''meaning'' attributed to any given social behavior is, in large part, a function of the ecological niche within which it is produced. Clearly, it is the case that there are some cultural universals. All parents want their children to be healthy and to feel secure. However, ''healthy'' and ''unhealthy,'' at least in the psychological sense of the term, can have different meanings from culture to culture.

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