How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: Parenting wisdom from around the world, by Mei-Ling Hopgood. How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm is Mei-Ling Hopgood's account of not only her own adventures in parenting but also details her extensive research into parenting practices across the world. From Buenos Aires to Japan she recounts the various differing cultural approaches to such parenting dilemmas as sleep-routines, potty training, playtime squabbles and healthy eating. Some of her findings are both enlightening and heart-warming and as a mother of a somewhat spirited toddler it, ...