How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm
Book Author Mei-Ling Hopgood
DescriptionChild - raising discoveries from around the world
I ' m sitting on a patio in Buenos Aires , nibbling on
cinnamon cake, talking with a group of friends about
the way local parents raise their kids. We are a Chinese
American, a Bolivian American, an African American,
a Portuguese woman, and two Argentines-three
moms, one expectant mom, and two maybe-somedays .
Our husbands and significant others dip in and out of
the conversation. The subject turns to raising a child in
a culture that is different from our own, and the
conversation goes something like this .