Child Care and Culture

"Child Care and Culture provides an outstanding model for how to bring population-level cultural or ethnic variation into the study of parenting and human development not only in far-off places like Africa, but everywhere." Thomas S. Weisner, Contemporary Psychology

• Foreword; List of tables and figures; Preface; Part I. African Infancy: Frameworks For Understanding: 1. The comparative study of child care; 2. Infant care in subsaharan Africa; Part II. Parenthood Among The Gusii of Kenya: 3. Gusii culture: A person-centered perspective; 4. Gusii fertility, marriage, and family; 5. Pregnancy and birth: Part III. Infant Care and Development in a Gusii Community: 6. Infant care: Cultural norms and interpersonal environment; 7. Survival and health: The priorities of parents; 8. Communication and social learning during infancy; 9. Variations in infant interaction: Illustrative cases: Part IV. Interpretations: 10. Early child development in an African context: Comparative lessons; Appendices; References.