- allomothering. The
benefit is
mutual for the
mother and
allomother.
Mothers that use
allomothers are able to
shorten their interbirth periods, the time...
- Look up
allomother in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Allomothering,
allomaternal infant care/handling, or non-maternal
infant care/handling is performed...
- by
someone other than its
mother –
takes place in some
family groups.
Allomothers are
typically aged two to
twelve years. For the
first few days, the newborn...
-
responsibility of
ensuring the child's
survival with a
variety of
different allomothers. So
while the
mother is important, she is not the only
opportunity for...
-
Semba (the matriarch),
Lungile (an
unrelated female who
serves as an
allomother),
Nandi (daughter of Mabu and Semba, the first-ever
elephant to be born...
- ****istance from
group members other than the mother,
using the term "
allomother" she
first used in her 1975 PhD
thesis describing infant-sharing in langurs...
-
parenting by
group members other than the
actual mother or father,
where the
allomother is
typically an
older female sibling or a grandmother.
Individuals act...
- to the visit,
which is
something that also
reminds him of his mother. “
Allomother” is the
first of two
stories in this
collection written in the first-person...
- help from others.
Allomothers (helpers who are not a child's mother)
often protect, provision, carry, and care for children.
Allomothers are
usually a child's...
- who parti****te in
allomothering vary from
culture to culture.
Common allomothers are grandmothers,
older siblings,
extended family members,
members of...
