This work is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. The text focuses on how parent-child relationships are not the only determinants of a child's academic competence, social competence, and beh…
"The long-cherished assumption that parenting "matters" to the development of children took a round of empirical blows in the 1990s. These findings dovetailed with new emphases on school reform as the best remedy for the perceived decline in academic skills and increase in behav…
Publisher description: The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. Each family went through an assessment and then a …
This work is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. The text focuses on how parent-child relationships are not the only determinants of a child's academic competence, social competence, and beh…
Parenting: An Ecological Perspective was originally created in 1993. Luster and Okigaki have updated the original text focusing on parental behavior and also included new chapters covering topics such as: Fathers/gender of parent; Children with special needs; Ethnicity and socio…
[This book] was originally created in 1993. [The editors] have updated the original text focusing on parental behavior and also included new chapters covering topics such as: Fathers/gender of parent; Children with special needs; Ethnicity and socioeconomic status; and Parent ed…
"The text summarizes the latest research on factors that influence parenting, with each chapter providing a look at one important influence and the linkages among these various factors. An ecological perspective draws attention to the fact that the lives of parents and children …
Parenting: An Ecological Perspective was originally created in 1993. Luster and Okigaki have updated the original text focusing on parental behavior and also included new chapters covering topics such as: Fathers/gender of parent; Children with special needs; Ethnicity and socio…
This volume presents cutting-edge thinking & research on linkages among SES, parenting & child development. The authors represent an array of different disciplines, & they approach the issues of SES parenting & child dev. from a variety of perspectives. &
