Title: Parenting for primates /
Authors: Smith, Harriet J.
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Parenting.; Primates Behavior; Parental behavior in animals.; Parenting; Behavior, Animal; Primates psychology
Abstract: Parenting for Primates is a delightful combination of hard facts and good stories about us and our close relatives. Harriet Smith shows us superdads, devoted and abusive parents, and blended families among nonhuman and human primates too. An important and timely book.
Contents: 1. Learning to parent -- 2. The primate recipe for mothering -- 3. The diversity of primate fathering -- 4. The babysitters' club -- 5. Weaning wars -- 6. The quiet years -- 7. Emptying the nest -- 8. Parenting with partners -- 9. Parenting solo -- 10. The dark side of parenting -- 11. How much do parents matter? -- Who's who among nonhuman primates.