Publication

1999-10-11 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

20,000 words, Guess

Page Count

80 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99028271
  • Goodreads816604
  • LibraryThing1332693

Classifications

  • LCCHQ759.92 .D35 1999
  • LCCHQ759.92.D35 1999
  • LCCHQ 759.92 D35 1999

Description

"A 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 to stepchildren, long a staple of folktales, 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."--Jacket.

First Sentence

The abused stepchild is one of the stock characters of folklore.

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