title: "Teaching is so WEIRD".
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology,Social Work and Anthropology,Utah State University,Logan,UT 84322.david.lancy@usu.eduhttp://www.usu.edu/anthro/davidlancyspages/index.html.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lancy
mesh_terms: D002668:Child Rearing; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents