Childs Rearing Essay

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Child Rearing In humans and other species, child rearing is handled differently by each of the members of a heterogeneous pair which we affectionately call "parents." Rearing of children has diverse affects on parents. How come child rearing affects mothers and fathers differently, and how adversely does this affect other species? Viviparity (Tignor, Adelman, Brown, Elman, Liu, Pittman, Shaw 44) is a relatively new way of bearing children. The earliest form of reproduction was cellular reproduction, which is in essence cloning. Then we have fish, insects, birds, and reptiles which lay eggs. Finally came our mammals, which with the exception of a female platypus give live birth. Mammals are in their own that the have a gestation period. This is a period when the unborn offspring resides inside a mother's womb in a fetal, almost parasitic stage of life. In humans, men and women have different parts in a child's upbringing. The mother is generally the warmer and more affectionate parent, where the father is often the stern, cold, strict parent. These are due to maternal instincts and patriarchal rule. Men and women had different roles in the family. Women were often the caregivers and providers in early society, but men were the rulers of the household. The oldest male often had a patriarchal rule, almost like a king in his house. This eventually ends up with men ending up in social hierarchies around the world. (Tignor, Adelman, Brown, Elman, Liu, Pittman, Shaw 45) Humans are very different from other species, seeing as how some other species have an absent male, and a mother who is very protective of her offspring. Think of a bear, there are never male bears hanging around with cubs, only the mother is ever seen with cubs. Chimpanzees have almost the same social affiliation, but they live in all female and offspring clans until the male offspring are old
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