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ERIC Number: EJ373943
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Parental Goals and Italian Infant Care.
New, Rebecca Staples
New Directions for Child Development, v40 p51-63 Sum 1988
Data suggest that strategies of infant care at any one point in time may reflect not just one but all three concerns (for physical well-being, economic feasibility, and cultural ideologies) itemized in LeVine's (1974) hierarchy. Child care strategies that serve multiple goals have the best chance of surviving when environmental circumstances change. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Social Behavior, Social Environment, Social Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Infant Care; Italy; Parental Objectives; Social Interaction
Note: Thematic Issue: Parental Behavior in Diverse Societies