Meredith Small: 3 books
Kids
How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Our Babies, Ourselves, Cornell anthropologist Meredith Small now takes on these and...
Our Babies, Ourselves
How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, Our Babies, Ourselves is the first book to explore why we raise our children the way we do--and to suggest that we reconsider our culture's traditional views on parenting.
New parents are faced with...
by Meredith Small
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
In this refreshingly down-to-earth exploration of human mating and sexuality, an acclaimed anthropologist looks at the fascinating intersection between the imperatives of our glands and genes, and the culture in which we live. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Is there an alternative,...