Based on data from 2-1/2 years of observing 1- and 2-year-old children learning to talk in their own homes, this book charts the month-by-month growth of the ch

Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that

A collection of papers which examine and assess the effects on children of socialisation and which attempt to explain a range of adult perspectives on children

This book addresses cultural variability in children’s social worlds, examining the acquisition, development, and use of culturally relevant social competenci

The authors address such issues as the effect of institutions on family life, the changing roles of parents, cross-generational effects on development, the stat