03946nam 2200589 a 450 991049368370332120170815145131.01-282-62806-297866126280611-84545-953-9(CKB)2550000000016707(EBL)544307(OCoLC)670411012(SSID)ssj0000383565(PQKBManifestationID)12122339(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000383565(PQKBWorkID)10330528(PQKB)10126669(MiAaPQ)EBC544307(EXLCZ)99255000000001670720090424d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSubstitute parents[electronic resource] biological and social perspective on alloparenting across human societies /edited by Gillian Bentley & Ruth MaceNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (372 p.)Studies of the Biosocial Society ;v. 3Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-641-5 1-84545-106-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The biological basis of alloparental behaviour in mammals / Nancy G. Solomon and Loren D. Hayes -- Family matters : kin, demography, and child health in a rural Gambian population / Rebecca Sear and Ruth Mace -- Does it take a family to raise a child? : cooperative breeding and the contributions of Maya siblings, parents and older adults in raising children / Karen L. Kramer -- Flexible caretakers : responses of toba families in transition / Claudia R. Valeggia -- Who minds the baby? Beng perspectives on mothers, neighbours, and strangers as caretakers / Alma Gottlieb -- Economic perspectives on alloparenting / Gillian Paull -- The school as parent / Berry Mayall -- The parenting and substitute parenting of young children / Helen Penn -- Adoption, adopters, and adopted children : an evolutionary perspective / David Howe -- Surrogacy : the experiences of commissioning couples and surrogate mothers / Emma Lycett -- Alloparenting in the context of AIDS in Southern Africa : complex strategies for care / Lorraine van Blerk and Nicola Ansell -- Alloparental care and the ontogeny of glucocorticoid stress response among stepchildren / Mark V. Flinn and David Leone -- Separation stress in early childhood : harmless side effect of modern care-giving practices or risk factor for development? / Joachim Bensel -- Quality, quantity, and type of childcare : effects on child development in the U.S. / Jay Belsky -- 'It feels normal that other people are split up but not your mum and dad' : divorce through the eyes of children / Margaret Robinson, Lesley Scanlan and Ian Butler.From a comparative perspective, human life histories are unique and raising offspring is unusually costly: humans have relatively short birth intervals compared to other apes, childhood is long, mothers care simultaneously for many dependent children (other apes raise one offspring at a time), infant mortality is high in natural fertility/mortality populations, and human females have a long post-reproductive lifespan. These features conspire to make child raising very burdensome. Mothers frequently defray these costs with paternal help (not usual in other ape species), although this contributiStudies of the Biosocial Society ;v. 3.Foster parentsChild careElectronic books.Foster parents.Child care.306.874Bentley Gillian R.1957-1030054Mace Ruth729366MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910493683703321Substitute parents2446789UNINA