HANDBOOK OF PARENTING. VOLUME 5

Part I: Practical Parenting

The Ethics of Parenting Ross A. Thompson and Diana Baumrind
Parenting and Children's Self-Regulation Wendy S. Grolnick, Alessandra Caruso, and Madeline Levitt
Parenting and Child Discipline Jennifer E. Lansford
Parenting and Children's Prosocial Development Tracy L. Spinrad, Nancy Eisenberg, and Carlos Valiente
Parenting and Moral Development Judith G. Smetana, Courtney L. Ball, and Ha Na Yoo
Parenting to Promote Resilience in Children Ann S. Masten and Alyssa Palmer
Language and Play in Parent-Child Interactions Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda,
Yana Kuchirko, Kelly Escobar, and Marc H. Bornstein

How Parents Can Maximize Children’s Cognitive Abilities Karin Sternberg, Wendy M. Williams, and Robert J. Sternberg
Parenting of Children’s Academic Motivation Adele Eskeles Gottfried
Parents and Children's Peer Relationships Gary W. Ladd and Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd
Part II: Parents and Social Institutions

Choosing Childcare for Young Children Alice Sterling Honig
Parenting and Children’s Organized Activities Deborah Lowe Vandell, Sandra D. Simpkins, and Christopher Wegemer
Parenting in the Digital Age Rachel Barr
Parenting the Child in School Robert Crosnoe and Robert W. Ressler
Parenting and Children’s Health Care Carolyn Brockmeyer Cates, Victoria Chen, Caitlin F. Canfield, and Alan L. Mendelsohn
Parenting and the Law Caitlin Cavanagh and Elizabeth Cauffman
Parenting and Public Policy James Garbarino, Amy Governale, and Kathleen Kostelny
Parenting, Religion, and Spirituality Annette Mahoney and Chris J. Boyatzis

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 policy maker 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....