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Title:Traditional Childcare Practices: The Wanyaturu
Authors:Omari, Cuthbert K.
Kitilia, L.
Year:1976
Periodical:Tanzania Notes and Records
Volume:77-78
Period:June
Pages:65-72
Language:English
Geographic term:Tanzania
Subjects:Nyaturu
traditional education
Women's Issues
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:This article examines child-rearing from birth to seven yaers of age by surveying cultural practices of various kinds, including food taboos. It compares the traditional way of rearing children with present practices. What has been described, are past practices, quite different in many ways from the present time when many mothers attend ante-natal and child welfare clinics. Selections: Introduction - Pregnancy to birth - Childbirth to naming ceremony - Teething, lactation and curing of disease - Socialization and conduct training - The incomplete family - Environmental factors - Conclusion. Gloss., notes.
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