OBJECTIVE: To synthesize results of observational studies examining parenting behavior
and early childhood language in typically developing samples. DATA SOURCES: Searches …

Parenting behaviors are commonly targeted in early interventions to improve children's
language development. Accurate measurement of both parenting behaviors and children's …

Rapid changes in language skills and social competence, both of which are linked to
sensitive parenting, characterize early childhood. The present study examines bidirectional …

Recent research has suggested that high quality child care can buffer young children
against poorer cognitive and language outcomes when they are at risk for poorer language …

Background There has been increasing interest in the relative effects of mothers' and fathers'
interactions with their infants on later development. However to date there has been little …

Background Early language skills are critical for later academic success. Lower
socioeconomic status (SES) children tend to start school with limited language skills …

The authors examined the associations between socioeconomic status (SES), race,
maternal sensitivity, and maternal negative-intrusive behaviors and language development …

Importance Training parents to implement strategies to support child language development
is crucial to support long-term outcomes, given that as many as 2 of 5 children younger than …

We present findings based on several of our recent studies that have shown that father
engagement has significant effects on children's cognition and language at 24 and 36 …

In this article, I address our understanding of the word gap, or why parents' talk to children
differs by socioeconomic status. The differences in quantity and quality of parents' input …