Product Description: This book translates new research on cognitive, social, and emotional development in the early years into the language of daily caregiving and teaching.

Product Description: This first edition parenting text is the only book on the market that takes an explicit developmental perspective and provides a balanced treatment of research and applications. Both authors are developmental psychologists and therefore utilize research from developmental psychology and provide a strong foundation in actual developmental findings...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)