Do parents have any important long-term effects on the development of their child's
personality? This article examines the evidence and concludes that the answer is no. A new …

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK How much credit do parents deserve when their
children turn out welt? How much blame when they turn out badly? Judith Rich Harris has a …

Forager societies tend to value egalitarianism, cooperative autonomy, and sharing.
Furthermore, foragers exhibit a strong gendered division of labor. However, few studies …

Some early childhood educators have proposed that the knowledge base used to inform the
early education field actually serves to support the status quo, reinforces prejudices and …

Fieldwork in Educational Settings is widely recognised as part of the essential reading for
the researcher in education. It instructs those new to qualitative educational research how to …

How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are
families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this …

I must say that my first impression of the third edition of Play and Child Development was: ey
did it AGAIN! Frost, Wortham, and Reifel again impressed me with the depth and breadth of …

“To Remain an Indian” traces the footprints of Indigenous education in what is now the
United States. Native Peoples' educational systems are rooted in ways of knowing and …

How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in
language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena to create …

The foraging niche is characterized by the exploitation of nutrient-rich resources using
complex extraction techniques that take a long time to acquire. This costly period of …