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Parents looking for something new and useful among the plethora of books on child-rearing could do a lot worse than this fascinating look at the close link between human and ape families by Smith, a primatologist and clinical psychologist. In a rigorously scientific yet highly readable style, Smith describes normal and abnormal parenting behaviors in human and nonhuman primates, and "how a psychologist or evolutionary biologist might understand these behaviors." She uses case studies of primates from around the world—including cotton-top tamarin monkeys, Philippine tarsiers and Chinese white-cheeked gibbons—as well as from "hundreds of patients" in her counseling practice to show that there are basic primate patterns in the areas of mothering, fathering, weaning, discipline, dealing with adolescence and confronting the "empty nest" syndrome. 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. After all the evidence is in, Smith argues for a sensible view of human parenting that could let many parents breathe easier. 22 b&w photos, 1 illus. (Feb.)
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Emerging from a fusion of Smith's training and education in primatology and clinical psychology, this look at parental behavior in primates examines both the nonhuman and the human members of the group. In a highly descriptive and nontechnical writing style, Smith compares and contrasts the natural history of parenting in species ranging from the tiny cotton-top tamarin to chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans. Opening with a chapter describing how she taught inexperienced parents in her cotton-top tamarin colony to care for their offspring, the author then looks at various phases of parenting in separate chapters. As mothers provide the majority of parental care in most species, she examines primate mothers first. Fathers play varying roles in different species, and in different human cultures, and these myriad functions fill the next chapter. Babysitters, weaning, the lives of juveniles, and how parents empty the nest not only view the changing duties of parenthood but also continue the author's compare-and-contrast approach. A final chapter answers the question of how much parents matter. This engrossing book will interest all human primate parents. Nancy Bent
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Parents looking for something new and useful among the plethora of books on child-rearing could do a lot worse than this fascinating look at the close link between human and ape families by Smith, a primatologist and clinical psychologist. In a rigorously scientific yet highly readable style, Smith describes normal and abnormal parenting behaviors in human and nonhuman primates, and "how a psychologist or evolutionary biologist might understand these behaviors." She uses case studies of primates from around the world—including cotton-top tamarin monkeys, Philippine tarsiers and Chinese white-cheeked gibbons—as well as from "hundreds of patients" in her counseling practice to show that there are basic primate patterns in the areas of mothering, fathering, weaning, discipline, dealing with adolescence and confronting the "empty nest" syndrome. 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. After all the evidence is in, Smith argues for a sensible view of human parenting that could let many parents breathe easier. 22 b&w photos, 1 illus. (Feb.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Emerging from a fusion of Smith's training and education in primatology and clinical psychology, this look at parental behavior in primates examines both the nonhuman and the human members of the group. In a highly descriptive and nontechnical writing style, Smith compares and contrasts the natural history of parenting in species ranging from the tiny cotton-top tamarin to chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans. Opening with a chapter describing how she taught inexperienced parents in her cotton-top tamarin colony to care for their offspring, the author then looks at various phases of parenting in separate chapters. As mothers provide the majority of parental care in most species, she examines primate mothers first. Fathers play varying roles in different species, and in different human cultures, and these myriad functions fill the next chapter. Babysitters, weaning, the lives of juveniles, and how parents empty the nest not only view the changing duties of parenthood but also continue the author's compare-and-contrast approach. A final chapter answers the question of how much parents matter. This engrossing book will interest all human primate parents. Nancy Bent
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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