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Can anyone recommend any good books comparing Parenting across different cultures?

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mummytosteven · 13/04/2005 20:43

As above.

TIA

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mummytosteven · 13/04/2005 21:51

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mummytosteven · 14/04/2005 17:40

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kama · 14/04/2005 17:54

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mummytosteven · 15/04/2005 14:03

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JulieF · 22/04/2005 23:30

I've not read it but heard a lecture by the woman who wrote 2 in a bed about a book she wrote comparing how babies are brought up in different cultures. Deborah somebody I think.

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LadyLou · 22/04/2005 23:37

deborah jackson, did a google search but can't see anything sounding like its about different cultures. Would be very interested to read if anyone knows where to find such book? or lecture Julie mentioned

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emkana · 22/04/2005 23:38

Deborah Jackson - Baby Wisdom - wonderful book

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LadyLou · 22/04/2005 23:40

actually look at www.thecarryingkind.com/parentingbooks/parentsbooks/htm has a synopsis of some of her books something might grab you there.

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LadyLou · 22/04/2005 23:41

thanku emkana

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mummytosteven · 23/04/2005 23:26

wonderful - thanks for the recommendation!

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northstar · 23/04/2005 23:39

Life After Birth - Every womans guide to the first year of motherhood, by Wendy Blumfield. It's a text-book type read, very interesting and looks at issues from both male and female aspects, comparing mainly British, American and Jewish cultures. ISBN 1-85230-351-4

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stitch · 23/04/2005 23:57

raising boys by steve biddulph has some interesting anecdotes about other cultures

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TwinSetAndPearls · 24/04/2005 18:12

A great book is Christina Hardyment's Dream babies From Locke to Spock.

It doesn't really compare across cultures but across time. From the eighteenth century to the late twentieth. A fascinating insight into how many trends in parenting are not new at all but a rehash of old ideas and a more balanced view of a victorian childhood.

Quite hard to get hold off, the american version is more availbale than the english ( that is called Dream babies three centuries of good advice on childcare) but well worth the read.

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