ABSTRACT
This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field of childhood development focus on the critical issues and questions that need to be addressed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Topics covered include the ecology of fetal development, birth and the newborn period, family ecology and infant development, infant care settings, gender influences on caregiving, culture, violence, poverty, substance abuse, social support, maternal age, risk and protective factors, the impact of legal and public policy, and historical, and future ecologies of infant development
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|27 pages
Infant Attention and the Development of Cognition
Does the Environment Moderate Continuity!
chapter 3|20 pages
Nutrition
How Does It Affect Cognitive and Behavioral Development in Young Children!
chapter 6|22 pages
Daycare and Maternal Employment in the 21St Century
Conflicts and Consequences for Infant Development
chapter 9|32 pages
Origins of Addictive Behavior
Structuring Pathways to Alcoholism during Infancy and Early Childhood
chapter 10|19 pages
The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Infants
Current Perspectives and Directions for the Future