Books needed to answer questions below
Hrdy, S. B. (2009). Mothers and others: The evolutionary origins of mutual understanding . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03299-6
Small, M. F. (1998). Our babies, ourselves: How biology and culture shape the way we parent . Anchor Books/Random House. ISBN: 0385483627\
- Survival of a species is important. Human primates have the longest period of childhood dependency of any species.
- How do Hrdy and Small describe the biological needs of human youngsters? Both authors focus on the relationship between mother and infant.
- Compare and contrast how each of them portrays what in human families makes nurturing human infants successful and what makes it less successful.
- How does their portraits of family relationships compare to the findings of attachment research?
- What is the relationship between human fathers and their children according to Hrdy and Small?
- What are the strengths and/or limitations of their treatment of the roles of human fathers?
- According to Hrdy, Small and you, what are the contributions of other family members and those outside the family to the survival and development of human children?
- What have you learned about raising babies from these authors, and where do you think their work is biased and/or incomplete?