Consider These Two Contemporary American Parenting Styles

question 39

Essay

Consider these two contemporary American parenting styles. In more traditional parenting, baby is put to sleep alone in her own room, encouraged to self-soothe, and fed on a schedule. In the attachment parenting style, baby is fed on demand, sleeps in the parents' bed, and her cries are attended to quickly. Based on your understanding of the anthropology of childhood, what behaviors or values do you believe these two groups of parents wish to instill in their children? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Parametric T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups, assuming that the data are drawn from populations with normally distributed variables.

Nonparametric Counterpart

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Test Statistic

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Matched Pairs Differences

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