Parenting for Primates
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674019385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 436 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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As primatologist-turned-psychologist Harriet J. In a narrative rich with vivid anecdotes derived from interviews with primatologists, from her own experience breeding cottontop tamarin monkeys for over thirty years, and from her clinical psychology practice, Smith describes the thousand and one ways that primate mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, and even babysitters care for their offspring, from infancy through young adulthood. Her observation of inadequate parenting by cottontops plus her clinical work with troubled human families sparked her interest in the process of how primates become "good-enough" parents. The story of how she trained her tamarins to become adequate parents lays the foundation for discussions about the crucial role of early experience on parenting in primates, and how certain types of experiences, such as anxiety and social isolation, can trigger neglectful or abusive parenting. In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting by nonhuman and human primates. Smith learned the hard way that hand-raised cottontop tamarins often mature into incompetent parents. Smith reveals diverse strategies for parenting by primates, but she also identifies parenting behaviors crucial to the survival and development of primate youngsters that ha
After all the evidence is in, Smith argues for a sensible view of human parenting that could let many parents breathe easier. These patterns include the general "primate recipe for mothering" ("constant body contact, breastfeeding, and consistent, rapid, responsiveness"); weaning babies from sleeping with parents (the "last major hurdle" on a very young primate's way to semi-independence); and the implications of the fact that "the human parent's capacity for neglect and abuse" of his or her offspring surpasses that of any other primate. 22 b&w photos, 1 illus. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In a rigorously scientific yet highly readable style, Smith describes normal and abnormal pa
a unique and captivating book avid reader I have read a lot of parenting books but never one as fascinating as this one--which is really part parenting, part primate behavior and part memoir. The author's stories of her attempts to get her tamarins to parent are totally can't-put-the-book-down engrossing, but the connection to her observations of parenting issues in her clinical psychology practice is even more interesting. This would be an especially good read for new parents.. A New Parent Loved Reading this Book As a new parent and a graduate student in psychology, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Parenting for Primates. It was fascinating to read how others (nonhuman primates, parents in preindustrial societies) care for their infants, wean them, and share (or don't share) parenting responsibilities. This book provides a different perspective than any other parenting book I've read (and I've read many). Every time my baby grabs my hair when I pick him up, I think about how if . "Learned tons" according to Jfb11. I bought this book and read it as I was considering adopting my first child. I have a degree in biology and psychology and was fascinated by the authors camparisons of parenting behaviors between human and non human primates. The author also compares human parenting pre and post industrial revolution. I found valuable information about how non-human primates either do or do not parent orphans and that information informed decisions I made about how to handle helping