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The Beng Babies of the Côte d’Ivoire

Learn more about Alma Gottlieb’s book “The Afterlife is Where We Come From” on the culture of infancy involving reincarnation and carrying among the Beng.

Aradia Wyndham

February 19, 2015

Babies, Blog

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Infant Care in Taira, Okinawa | 1950-60’s

A lot has been said about Okinawan culture in the Attachment Parenting community, let’s set the record straight: from the moms who return to work after a few months maternity leave, to the siblings and grandmothers who strap the baby to their backs as they go about their days, and the hard-knocks school of weaning.

Aradia Wyndham

February 1, 2015

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The Beng Babies of the Côte d’Ivoire

Infant Care in Taira, Okinawa | 1950-60’s