AbstractOver last few decades, there has been a rapid increase in children, particularly
thoseunder two years old, participating in early childcare (ECE) services in New Zealand. At …

Peer interactions in infant care 4 who is generally more experienced and skilled. Youniss
(1986/1994) conceptualized peer relationships as the only contexts where children can co …

Middle toddlerhood is a period marked by the development of autonomy and resulting
growth in peer awareness. This chapter discusses how development in the physical …

In this article, I describe how an eight-month-old infant was welcomed and incorporated into
the group peer life within the nursery. With a backdrop of evidence demonstrating the …

Young children's peer interactions involve their use of interactional resources to organise,
manage and participate in their social worlds. Investigation of children's employment of …

In order to understand and interpret the importance of peer relations of young children I use
a theoretical framework that integrates theories of children's development of social …

Introduction: The social context of childcare provides opportunities for infants to interact with
others outside of the infant-parent dyad and mother-father-infant triad. While research has …

The focus in this chapter relates to infants' interactions with peers, as these children are
infants' most frequent partners in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutional …

Numerous studies have documented how peer interactions shape children s social
competencies and social lives later on. Some of these studies used samples of chil dren in …

This qualitative case study explored changes in one infant's relationship development with
her caregivers and peers in times of a major developmental transition, specifically from 10 …