Into the perennial debate regarding the relative effects of "nature" vs. "nurture" in the development of a child, author Judith Harris has injected a radical notion and stirred up quite a controversy. What is her assertion and why has her work been so soundly criticized? You will have to work your way through the site below to find the answers.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec98/naturenurture_10-20.html Is parenting more difficult now than ever before? Use the site below to summarize the "social context" argument that parenting is different and more difficult now than in previous generations.
http://www.cyfernet.org/parenting_practices/foundations.html You are no doubt aware that a labor process precedes childbirth–indeed some of you may have already experienced this phenomenon. But, do you know what triggers labor. Read the information at the site below, and be prepared to explain in your own words one theory of this triggering process. Do you think we now fully understand the triggering mechanism? Why or why not?
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