Naturally occurring family routines and meaningful rituals provide both a predictable
structure that guides behavior and an emotional climate that supports early development. In …

Each day more than three quarters of a million adults around the world experience the
rewards and challenges as well as the joys and heartaches of becoming parents. Of course …

This publication was designed as a textbook for early childhood preservice teachers and as
a resource for inservice teachers. Structured around the concepts considered key to the …

This study presents descriptive qualitative data about Latino parenting practices in an urban
context. Focus groups were conducted with Dominican and Puerto Rican mother-adolescent …

The Dietary Guidelines for Amer-icans provide nutrition and health guidance for Americans
but do not address dietary and feeding recommendations for infants and toddlers under 2 …

Aim To examine the evidence for cross‐cultural variation in socialization and children's
normative self‐regulation, based on a contextual‐developmental perspective. Background …

The role of culture in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been too often neglected in
research. The present study evaluated the implications of cultural factors for ASD screening …

In this chapter we examine parents' social cognitions-beliefs, attitudes, perceptions,
attributions, and expectations-from two perspectives. In the first section, we ask questions …

SYNOPSIS Objective. This study examines East Asian versus Western parents' valuation of
child socialization goals and aims to shed light on the contributions of social change and …

Every day, normative functions of parenting and their significance are under-investigated. An
integrative review of tasks and communication involved in parenting young children …