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Papas, Mia A.; Hurley, Kristen M.; Quigg, Anna M.; Oberlander, Sarah E.; Black, Maureen M. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: To examine the relationship between maternal and toddler dietary variety. Design: Longitudinal; maternal and toddler dietary data were collected at 13 months; anthropometry was collected at 13 and 24 months. Setting: Data were collected in homes. Participants: 109 primiparous, low-income, African American adolescent mothers and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Mothers, Purchasing, Toddlers
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Murphy, Elizabeth – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2007
This article examines how a sample of first-time mothers in the UK constitute childhood in general, and their own children in particular, in and through their talk about the mundane practices of childcare. The data analysed are drawn from a longitudinal qualitative interview study that followed a sample of mothers from late pregnancy until their…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Child Rearing
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Wachs, Theodore D. – New Directions for Child Development, 1993
Examines the relationship between play and environmental and biological factors and individual differences. Explores correlates of morbidity, nutrition, and caregiving environments on toddlers' play sophistication in Egypt. Suggests that variability in children's object versus social play may be a function of the goodness of fit between child and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Foreign Countries