title: Cultural Approaches to Parenting.
abstract: This article first introduces some main ideas behind culture and parenting and next addresses philosophical rationales and methodological considerations central to cultural approaches to parenting, including a brief account of a cross-cultural study of parenting. It then focuses on universals, specifics, and distinctions between form (behavior) and function (meaning) in parenting as embedded in culture. The article concludes by pointing to social policy implications as well as future directions prompted by a cultural approach to parenting.
authors.affiliation: Child and Family Research,  Eunice Kennedy Shriver  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Suite 8030, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda MD 20892-7971.
authors.forename: Marc H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bornstein