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Learning How to Mother: An Ethnographic Investigation of an Urban Breastfeeding Group.

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Merrill, Elizabeth Bryant – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1987

Describes an urban La Leche League breastfeeding support group in western New York. The group demonstrates how some mothers are adapting to the effects of rapid social change, particularly on the mother-infant bond. Members are transmitting a style of natural mothering based on complete breastfeeding by relying on intragenerational modeling. (KH)

Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Infants, Mothers, Parent Associations

Gaining Perspective on Parenting Groups.

Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1996

This theme issue offers a collection of articles focusing on support groups for parents of infants and toddlers, including the following: (1) "Gaining Perspective on Parenting Groups" (Nick Carter and Cathie Harvey) which reviews the purposes, history, and essential ingredients of such groups; (2) "The MELD Experience with Parent Groups" (Joyce…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement

Wisconsin FACETS Community Parent Resource Center. Final Project Report, 10/1/98-9/30/01.

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Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support, Inc., Milwaukee. – 2001

This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of the Wisconsin FACETS program, a program that provides parent information and training services for underserved parents and caretakers of infants, toddlers, children, and young adults with disabilities who live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The goals of the program are provided, along with a…

Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation