"Culture and early infancy among central African foragers and farmers:" Correction to Hewlett et al. (1998).

Abstract

Subsequent analyses using Tukey honestly significant difference tests revealed no group differences in adult vocalizations to infants at 3 months, although the Ngandu adults vocalized more than the Aka adults at 9 months (p < .039) and engaged in more mutual visual interactions at 9 months (p < .02) but not at 3 months; in contrast, en-face interactions increased over time among the Aka (p < .003) but not among the Ngandu.

The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review

“…Lupton describes this dynamic as "skinship", the relational state created by close physical proximity, touch and intimacy (Lupton, 2013 p.40). These factors form an adaptive and bidirectional complex recognized in those cultures Bonamy, 2016;McKenna & Gettler, 2016a;McKenna & Gettler, 2016b) where infants are attached to their mother's body, in continuous proximity to the smell of milk, and always ready to be fed (Hewlett et al, 1998;Hewlett & Lamb, 2002;Morelli et al, 1992;Richman et al, 1992;Sansone, 2004). Such instinctive behavior of the maternal-infant complex (or mother-infant nexus) is considered unusual and even controversial under the Western biomedical model (see Gowland & Halcrow, 2020;Van Esterik, 2017).…”

Mealtime conversations between parents and their 2-year-old children in five cultural contexts

“…However, to our knowledge, there are very few quantitative comparisons. While ethnographic descriptions offer important and rich MEALTIME CONVERSATIONS IN FIVE CULTURAL CONTEXTS 7 insights into individual cultural settings (see e.g., De León, 2011;Gaskins, 2006), quantitative comparisons are essential for understanding gradual cultural differences (Broesch et al, 2021;Hewlett, Lamb, Shannon, Leyendecker, & Schölmerich, 1998;Köster et al, 2022) and offer core input for theory building (see language input studies discussed earlier).…”