Caregivers and infants co-regulate their physiology, emotions, and behavior in a way that is
dynamically responsive to each other and the contexts in which they live. This paper is an …

Although considerable research has sought to understand the relations between parental
behavior and a range of child developmental outcomes, much of this work has been …

Socioemotional climate in the family environment is critical to a child's socioemotional
development. This focused literature review examines some central dynamics of that …

Using an evolutionary developmental systems approach, we examined the effects of early
care on children's psychosocial development. Our framework for early care is the set of …

The long-standing questions surrounding parent–infant interaction in culture include: What
are the universals of infant development and infant care in our species? How do infants …

Infants' abilities to regulate their emotional states initially develop in the context of the early
caregiving relationship and emerge as stable individual characteristics by early childhood …

Child Development in Sodal Context is a module of the Open University's taught MA in
Education. This is the third of three volumes of readings specially selected to serve as …

While child self-regulation is shaped by the environment (eg, the parents' caregiving
behaviors), children also play an active role in influencing the care they receive, indicating …

The quality of child care in the United States is an important social problem, particularly for
economically vulnerable families. This is highlighted by multidisciplinary research on the …

Human beings have the most immature newborn and longest maturational schedule of any
animal. Only 25% of the adult brain size is developed at full-term birth, and most of the …