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Teaching Is So Weird, David F. Lancy
Teaching Is So Weird, David F. Lancy
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Direct active teaching by parents is largely absent in children’s lives until the rise of WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized rich, democratic) society. However, as mothers become schooled and missionized – like Kline’s Fijian subjects – they adopt “modern” parenting practices, including teaching. There is great variability, even within WEIRD society, of parental teaching, suggesting that teaching itself must be culturally transmitted.