Copyright © 2016 by Robert A. LeVine and Sarah LeVine.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: LeVine, Robert Alan, 1932– author. | LeVine, Sarah, 1940– author.

Title: Do parents matter?: why Japanese babies sleep soundly, Mexican siblings don’t fight, and American families should just relax / Robert A. LeVine and Sarah LeVine.

Description: First edition. | New York: PublicAffairs, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016012384 (print) | LCCN 2016021480 (ebook) | ISBN 9781610397247 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Parenting—Cross-cultural studies. | Child Rearing—Cross-cultural studies. | Child development—Cross-cultural studies. | Families—Cross-cultural studies. | Ethnopsychology. | BISAC: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.

Classification: LCC HQ755.8 .L4894 2016 (print) | LCC HQ755.8 (ebook) | DDC 649/.1—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016012384

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