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Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science Helaine Selin Editor Parenting Across Cultures Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures Parenting Across Cultures SCIENCE ACROSS CULTURES: THE HISTORY OF NON-WESTERN SCIENCE VOLUME 7 PARENTING ACROSS CULTURES Editor HELAINE SELIN, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6504 Helaine Selin Editor Parenting Across Cultures Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Non-Western Cultures Editor Helaine Selin Hampshire College Amherst , MA , USA ISSN 1568-2145 ISBN 978-94-007-7502-2 ISBN 978-94-007-7503-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7503-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013953902 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. 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Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 Helaine Selin Parenting Practices and Shyness in Chinese Children ................................ 13 Yiyuan Xu, Lijin Zhang, and Puanani Hee Parenting in Hong Kong: Traditional Chinese Cultural Roots and Contemporary Phenomena ..................................................................... 25 Daniel T.L. Shek and Rachel C.F. Sun Parenting in India ........................................................................................... 39 Rita Isaac, I.K. Annie, and H.R. Prashanth Parenting in Vietnam ...................................................................................... 47 Tatyana Mestechkina, Nguyen Duc Son, and Jin Y. Shin Child Rearing in Japan .................................................................................. 59 Susan D. Holloway and Ayumi Nagase Parental Beliefs and Fathers’ and Mothers’ Roles in Malaysian Families ........................................................................... 77 Ziarat Hossain Parenting in Pakistan: An Overview ............................................................. 91 Riffat Moazam Zaman Parenting in the Philippines ........................................................................... 105 Liane Peña Alampay Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Bangladeshi Culture ................................................................................... 123 Jena Derakhshani Hamadani and Fahmida Tofail The Evolving Challenges of Modern-Day Parenthood in Singapore ................................................................................ 145 Karen Mui-Teng Quek vii viii Contents Understanding Coparenting and Family Systems Among East and Southeast Asian- Heritage Families .................................. 163 James P. McHale, Khanh T. Dinh, and Nirmala Rao Parenting: The Turkish Context .................................................................... 175 Hilal Sen, H. Melis Yavuz-Muren, and Bilge Yagmurlu Parenting in Israel: Together Hand in Hand, You Are Mine and I Am Yours ...................................................................... 193 Miri Scharf Parenting in Jordan ........................................................................................ 207 Hanan Takash and Suha Al-Hassan Parenting in a Rainbow Nation: A South African Perspective on Parenting ................................................................................ 213 Nicolette V. Roman Childrearing, Motherhood and Fatherhood in Ghana ................................ 231 Kingsley Nyarko Changing Patterns of Yoruba Parenting in Nigeria ..................................... 241 Emmanuel D. Babatunde and Kelebogile Setiloane Parenting Among the Nso of the Northwest Province of Cameroon .......... 253 Relindis D. Yovsi The Kenyan Parent in Changing Times ........................................................ 267 Pamela Akinyi Wadende, Kathleen Fite, and Jon Lasser Argentine Culture and Parenting Styles ....................................................... 277 María Cristina Richaud de Minzi, Viviana Lemos, and Jael Vargas Rubilar Family Socialization in Brazil ........................................................................ 293 Isabel Martínez, Leoncio Camino, Cleonice Camino, and Edie Cruise Parenting and Parent-Child Relationships in Chile .................................... 307 Kevin Ray Bush and Gary W. Peterson Parenting in Ecuador: Behaviors That Promote Social Competence .......................................................................................... 323 Paul L. Schvaneveldt Parenting Across Social Classes: Perspectives on Jamaican Fathers ....................................................................................... 335 Patricia Anderson and Camille Daley Parenting in Mexico: Relationships Based on Love and Obedience ....................................................................... 349 Pedro Solís-Cámara, Michael P. Fung, and Robert A. Fox Contents ix Parenting in Two Cultural Worlds in the Presence of One Dominant Worldview: The American Indian Experience .............. 367 Betsy Davis, Renda Dionne, and Michelle Fortin Parenting in Canadian Aboriginal Cultures ................................................ 379 Karen M. Benzies Global Grandparents: New Roles and Relationships .................................. 393 Barbara H. Settles Parenting Styles and Children’s Academic Performance ........................... 411 Kingsley Nyarko The Indulgent Parenting Style and Developmental Outcomes in South European and Latin American Countries ................... 419 Fernando García and Enrique Gracia Parent, Peers, and Adolescent Outcomes: Interactions and Cultural Variations .................................................................................. 435 Ioakim Boutakidis and Eli Lieber Parents’ Aggression Toward Children and Children’s Own Aggression............................................................................................... 445 Jennifer E. Lansford Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood Across Cultures ................................. 459 Rudy Ray Seward and Leslie Stanley-Stevens Mother-Child Emotional Availability Across Cultures: Findings from Western and Non- Western Countries .................................. 475 Diane L. Putnick, Marc H. Bornstein, Dana A. Breakstone, and Joan T.D. Suwalsky Index ................................................................................................................. 489
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