Alloparenting

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cooperative breeding. (Discuss) Proposed since August 2008. It has been suggested that Platonic parenting be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2009. Look up alloparenting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In biology and sociology, alloparenting is where individuals other than the actual parents act in a parental role. One common form of alloparenting is where grandparents adopt a parental role. This is sometimes named a "skipped generation household". In 1997, 8% of children in the United States lived with their grandparents, with the grandparents being the caregivers in one third of those cases.[1] According to Deihl[2], the Efé people of Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo practice alloparenting, with care for infants coming from siblings, grandparents, and older members of the community. Deihl states that where siblings are alloparents this provides adolescents experience of being a parent, and that similar practice in the United States would reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy and make teenage parents "better parent[s] when they do become parents". References ^ "Alloparenting". Texas Registry of Parent Educator Resources. http://www.unt.edu/cpe/module1/blk6allo.htm. Retrieved 2005-12-28.  ^ Erin Deihl. "Cross-Cultural Perspective on Adolescent Parenting: Efe and Korea". How do adolescents transition into parenthood?. http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/ndarling/transition/group9/efekorean.html. Retrieved 2005-12-28. dead link v · d · eParenting See also: School · Family · template Family Types Adoptive · Alloparenting · Complex family · Coparenting · Foster care · LGBT · Noncustodial · Nuclear family · Orphaned · Shared · Single parent · Stepfamily · Surrogacy · In loco parentis Biology Attachment theory · Child development · Cognitive development · Developmental psychology · Human development · Love · Maternity · Maternal bond · Nature versus nurture · Parental investment · Paternal bond · Pediatrics · Social psychology Styles Attachment parenting · Concerted cultivation · Gatekeeper parent · Helicopter parent · Nurturant parenting · Slow parenting · Soccer mom · Strict father model · Parenting For Everyone · Taking Children Seriously · Work at home parent Techniques After-school activity · Allowance · Bedtime · Childcare · Co-sleeping · Homeschooling · Latchkey kid · Play (date) · Role model · Spoiled child · Television · Toy (educational) Discipline Blanket training · Corporal punishment in the home · Curfew · Grounding · Naughty chair · Tactical ignoring · Time-out Abuse Child abandonment · Child abuse · Child labour · Child neglect · Cinderella effect · Incest · Narcissistic parents · Parental abuse by children Legal / social aspects Child support · Cost of raising a child · Marriage · Parental responsibility (Deadbeat parent)  · Paternity Experts Tanya Byron · James Dobson · Rudolf Dreikurs · David Elkind · Jo Frost · Haim Ginott · Thomas Gordon · Annette Lareau · Penelope Leach · Madeline Levine · William Sears · Benjamin Spock This sociology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e This biology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e