Substitute parents : biological and social perspective on alloparenting across human societies / / edited by Gillian Bentley & Ruth Mace.

• Superior document: Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 3
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Bentley, Gillian R., 1957-; Mace, Ruth.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the Biosocial Society ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: xviii, 354 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

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.