Questions about how children grow up in their social worlds are of enormous significance for
parents, teachers, and society at large, as well as for children themselves. Clearly children …

This article offers a conceptual framework for the study of the development of emotion
regulation during infancy that synthesizes evolutionary theory with cultural psychology. Two …

This cross‐cultural study investigates how maternal task assignment relates to toddlers'
requested behavior and helping between 18 and 30 months. One hundred seven mother …

In this study we analyzed similarities and differences in the contingency experiences of 159
three-month-olds from 6 sociocultural contexts. Across contexts, caretakers responded with …

Significant research has investigated the relationship between mother–child reminiscing
and children's autobiographical memory development. It has been suggested that mothers …

Caregiver-infant interactions in Western middle class often take place in dyadic play
settings, engaged in infant-initiated object stimulation, and surrounded by a positive …

This prospective longitudinal study is aimed at contributing to the understanding of cultural
diversity concerning maternal parenting behaviors and conversational styles on one hand …

In 2005, I went to live with a Cameroonian Nso family for half a year and experienced Nso
everyday life firsthand: evenings in smoky kitchens while the women prepared dinner …

Parenting ethnotheories represent an organized set of ideas about parents, children, and
development that are shared by members of cultural groups. Because these ideas and …

This study examined the associations among the socioeconomic status (SES) of Turkish
families when children (N= 340, Mean age= 83 months, SD= 3.59, 50.3% boys) were …