Abstract The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) System is a relatively new recording
technology that can be used to investigate typical child language acquisition and …

This chapter reviews research and to identify progress as well as gaps in understanding of
Asian and Asian American parenting. It describes specific cultural orientations and core …

The aim of this paper is to establish which parenting style is associated with optimum youth
outcomes among adolescents of Spanish families. A sample of 1,416 teenagers from 12 to …

Four-year-old Hannah sleepily gets out of bed, rubs her eyes, and tries to convince her
mother to let her wear her new “party shoes” to preschool that day. When she arrives at pre …

What is it to be “an ideal parent”? Does the answer differ across countries and social
classes? To answer these questions in a way that minimizes bias and ethnocentrism, we …

The goal of this review is to consider how culture impacts the socialization of emotion
development in infancy, and infants' and young children's subsequent outcomes. First, we …

Western mothers use more mental state talk with children than do Chinese mothers
(eg,“think”,“like”,“happy”). The present study aimed to examine whether Western mothers not …

The relations of parents' and teachers' reports of temperament anger–irritability, positive
emotionality, and effortful control (attention focusing and inhibitory control) to children's …

What are the vocal experiences of children growing up on Malakula island, Vanuatu, where
multilingualism is the norm? Long‐form audio‐recordings captured spontaneous speech …

Canonical babbling (CB) is critical in forming foundations for speech. Research has shown
that the emergence of CB precedes first words, predicts language outcomes, and is delayed …