How Anthropologists Raise Children Overseas: What Missionary Parents Can Learn
Like missionaries, anthropologists who take their children overseas face a number of challenges. Joan Cassell's Children in the Field (1987) presents essays by nearly a dozen such anthropologists. Schooling; health care; local babysitters with different childrearing customs; siblings who adapt...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1991
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Missiology
Year: 1991, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-170 |
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| Summary: | Like missionaries, anthropologists who take their children overseas face a number of challenges. Joan Cassell's Children in the Field (1987) presents essays by nearly a dozen such anthropologists. Schooling; health care; local babysitters with different childrearing customs; siblings who adapt differently; the birth of a child; the death of a child; children as bridges; children as impediments—all are explored, along with many useful logistical strategies. A particularly intriguing finding is that several children criticize their parents for too much cultural adaptation. Might missionary children raise the same cry? How could parents respond? |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969101900204 |