Designed for child caregivers, this guide to research on infants and toddlers offers references to works that provide reasons for high quality care and increase caregivers' understanding of ways to facilitate the optimal development of babies. Citations concern abuse, attachment, caregiver role, child care effects, child care quality, child competence and intelligence, discipline, socialization, enrichment programs, fathering, gender, infant mental health, longitudinal effects of intervention, language, parent-child relations, transactional influences, peers, prosocial behavior, risk factors, special needs, temperament, and buffers. Materials that include information that can help parents, caregivers, or children overcome difficult conditions are noted. Nearly 50 references are cited. (RH)