Transfer of children and the importance of grandmothers among the Navajo Indians

Autor:	Dianna Shomaker
Rok vydání:	1989
Předmět:	Social support Health (social science) Navajo Geriatrics gerontology Reciprocity (social psychology) Philosophy of medicine language Tribe Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Social psychology language.human_language Fosterage
Zdroj:	Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 4:1-18
ISSN:	1573-0719 0169-3816
DOI:	10.1007/bf00116146
Popis:	This paper explores informal fosterage patterns in 98 cases in the Navajo Tribe. It examines the cultural basis of social support offered by grandmothers in issues of substitute parenting. The majority of children in the sample were given to mother's mother. The precipitating factors in fosterage were: inability of parents to meet the needs of rearing their young, grandmother's needs, or cultural violations. Fosterage is an important mechanism for integration, versatility and resourcefulness for the tribe.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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