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Playing on the Mother-Ground: Cultural Routines for Children's Development
Playing on the MotherGround Cultural Routines for Children's Development Author:David F. Lancy r the most part, have taken white, middle-class, Euro-American children as the norm. These "typical" children, however, are exposed to two major enculturating influences that are by no means common across cultures: formal schooling and parents who consciously attempt to serve as teachers at home. Providing an important contribution toward a more... more » universal understanding of child development, this volume concentrates on children in West Africa who do not follow the developmental trajectory outlined in contemporary developmental theory. Based on first-hand fieldwork, the book describes children growing up in a remote central Liberian village without a school, a church, or a store.« less