Table of Contents

1. Families as Facilitators of Children’s Intellectual Development at 3 Years of Age: A Causal Analysis.- 2. The Relationship between Parental Distancing Strategies and the Child’s Cognitive Behavior.- 3. Family Environments and the Acquisition of Reading Skills: Toward a More Precise Analysis.- 4. Some American Families at Dinner.- 5. Play as a Context for Early Learning: Lab and Home Analyses.- 6. On the Familial Origins of Personality and Social Style.- 7. Variation in Infant Experience Associated with Alternative Family Roles.- 8. Family Day Care: The Role of the Surrogate Mother.- 9. The Relationship between Parents’ Beliefs about Development and Family Constellation, Socioeconomic Status, and Parents’ Teaching Strategies.- 10. The Role of Categorization in the Socialization Process: How Parents and Older Siblings Cognitively Organize Child Behavior.- 11. Learning to Do Things without Help.- Author Index.

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