The Truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian View of Parental LoveA child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say two scientists in this startling book. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson show that the mistreatment of stepchildren, long a staple of folk tales, has a solid basis in fact; Daly and Wilson apply the perspective of evolutionary psychology to investigate why stepparenthood is different from genetic parenthood and why steprelationships succeed or fail. |
Contents
Folk Tales | 1 |
Behaving Like Animals | 8 |
Human Stepfamilies | 18 |
The Truth about Cinderella | 26 |
Parental Priorities | 37 |
Cinderella Denied | 47 |
Living in Step | 60 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 67 |
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The Truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian View of Parental Love Martin Daly,Margo Wilson No preview available - 1998 |
The Truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian View of Parental Love Martin Daly,Margo Wilson No preview available - 1998 |
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