Part I: Biology of Parenting 1. The Evolution of Parenting and Evolutionary Approaches to Childrearing David F. Bjorklund and Alyson Myers 2. Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals Aya Dudin, Patrick McGowan, Ruiyong Wu, Alison S. Fleming, and Ming Li 3. Parenting in Nonhuman Primates Kim A. Bard 4. Genetics and Parenting Amanda V. Broderick and Jenae M. Neiderhiser 5. Prenatal Parenting David A. Coall, Anna C. Callan, Julie Sartori, and James S. Chisholm 6. The Social Neuroendocrinology of Human Parenting Ruth Feldman 7. Neurobiology of Human Parenting Eloise A. Stark, Alan Stein, Katherine S. Young, Christine E. Parsons, and Morten L. Kringelbach Part II: Ecology of Parenting 8. Ancient History of Parenting Valerie French 9. Modern History of Parenting Peter Stearns 10. Epidemiology of Parenting Rebecca M. Pearson, Miguel Cordero, and Priya Rajyaguru 11. Neighborhoods and Parenting Elizabeth A. Shuey and Tama Leventhal 12. Parent Education Attainment and Parenting Pamela E. Davis-Kean, Sandra Tang, and Nicholas E. Waters 13. Socioeconomic Status and Parenting Erika Hoff and Brett Laursen 14. Culture and Parenting Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, and Wai Ying Vivien Yiu 15. Environment and Parenting Robert H. Bradley
This highly anticipated third edition of the Handbook of Parenting brings together an array of field-leading experts who have worked in different ways toward understanding the many diverse aspects of parenting. Contributors to the Handbook look to the most recent research and thinking to shed light on topics every parent, professional, and policymaker wonders about. Parenting is a perennially "hot" topic. After all, everyone who has ever lived has been parented, and the vast majority of people become parents themselves. No wonder bookstores house shelves of "how-to" parenting books, and magazine racks in pharmacies and airports overflow with periodicals that feature parenting advice. However, almost none of these is evidence-based. The Handbook of Parenting is. Period. Each chapter has been written to be read and absorbed in a single sitting, and includes historical considerations of the topic, a discussion of central issues and theory, a review of classical and modern research, and forecasts of future directions of theory and research. Together, the five volumes in the Handbook cover Children and Parenting, the Biology and Ecology of Parenting, Being and Becoming a Parent, Social Conditions and Applied Parenting, and the Practice of Parenting...
