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Bruer, John T. – 1999
Challenging the prevailing belief that the first 3 years of a child's life comprise the most critical period for development, this book maintains that although there is valid scientific evidence for the existence of critical periods, the same research points to learning and development occurring throughout life. The book asserts that too many…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Brain, Child Development, Child Rearing
Reifel, Stuart, Ed. – 1994
This volume looks at three different broad topics that are of continuing interest for early education and care. The first part of the volume furthers the view of children's acquisition of literacy and how that acquisition takes place. The second part addresses preparation of professionals in early childhood education. The third part provides…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Handler, June Moss – 2003
This book explores how young children, within their cultural imperatives, struggle to discover who they are as cultural "members" interacting with others, as "makers" trying out and creating, and as "interpreters" making meaning and making new connections. Chapters in Part 1 emphasize the significance of a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Child Development, Cultural Influences
Meins, Elizabeth – 1997
This book investigates children's security of attachment in infancy and its relationship to their cognitive development in the preschool years, presenting evidence that caregivers' proclivity to treat their infants as mental agents and to attribute intentionally to their behavior is critical to their child's cognitive development. The book…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Halfon, Neal, Ed.; McLearn, Kathryn Taaffe, Ed.; Schuster, Mark A., Ed. – 2002
In the wake of intense national interest in very young children, this volume presents an examination of the findings of the Commonwealth Survey of Parents with Young Children, as analyzed by scholars from diverse disciplines. What emerges from this analysis is a picture of the complex forces that influence families and child rearing in the…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth, Breastfeeding, Child Development
