{"product_id":"our-babies-ourselves-meredith-small-9780385483629","title":"Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent","description":"A thought-provoking combination of practical parenting information and scientific analysis, \u003ci\u003eOur Babies, Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew parents are faced with innumerable decisions to make regarding the best way to care for their baby, and, naturally, they often turn for guidance to friends and family members who have already raised children. But as scientists are discovering, much of the trusted advice that has been passed down through generations needs to be carefully reexamined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, anthropologist Meredith Small reveals her remarkable findings in the new science of ethnopediatrics. Professor Small joins pediatricians, child-development researchers, and anthropologists across the country who are studying to what extent the way we parent our infants is based on biological needs and to what extent it is based on culture--and how sometimes what is culturally dictated may not be what's best for babies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShould an infant be encouraged to sleep alone? Is breast-feeding better than bottle-feeding, or is that just a myth of the nineties? How much time should pass before a mother picks up her crying infant? And how important is it really to a baby's development to talk and sing to him or her? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are but a few of the important questions Small addresses, and the answers not only are surprising, but may even change the way we raise our children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith Small\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385483627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385483629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.25w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1999 pg. 62","brand":"Meredith Small","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990167978239,"sku":"9780385483629","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f175f093-5103-4a23-9025-6d9b12b41dc7.jpg?v=1683303376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-babies-ourselves-meredith-small-9780385483629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}