Parenting and the child's world : influences on academic, intellectual, and social-emotional development / [edited by] John G. Borkowski, Sharon Landesman Ramey, Marie Bristol-Power.

"First published in 2002. First issued in paperback ed 2012".

"This publication is the result of a conference supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Parenting Research: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations. Ch. 1. Beyond the Nuture Assumption: Testing Hypotheses About the Child's Environment / Judith Rich Harris. Ch. 2. What Twin and Adoption Studies Reveal About Parenting / David C. Rowe. Ch. 3. Parenting Effects: Issues and Controversies / Eleanor E. Maccoby. Ch. 4. The Science and Art of Parenting / Sharon Landesman Ramey -- Pt. II. Early Influences of Parenting on Achievement and Competence. Ch. 5. What an Intervention Design Reveals About How Parents Affect Their Children's Academic Achievement and Behavior Problems / Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn Pape Cowan. Ch. 6. Parenting and Family Influences When Children Are in Child Care: Results for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care / NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.

Ch. 7. Early Educational Interventions for High-Risk Children: How Center-Based Treatment Can Augment and Improve Parenting Effectiveness / Craig T. Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey and Robin Gaines Lanzi / [and others]. Ch. 8. Parenting and Academic Achievement: Multiple Paths to Early Literacy / Frederick J. Morrison and Ramie R. Cooney. Ch. 9. The Adolescent as Parent: Influences on Children's Intellectual Academic, and Socioemotional Development / John G. Borkowski, Toni Bisconti and Keri Weed / [and others] -- Pt. III. Parenting Influences on Emotional Development and Socialization. Ch. 10. From Infant Attachment to Promotion of Adolescent Autonomy: Prospective, Longitudinal Data on the Role of Parents in Development / L. Alan Sroufe. Ch. 11. Disruptions in Parenting Behavior Related to Maternal Depression: Influences on Children's Behavioral and Psychobiological Development / Lara Embry and Geraldine Dawson.

Ch. 12. Mediation, Moderation, and Mechanisms in How Parenting Affects Children's Aggressive Behavior / Kenneth A. Dodge. Ch. 13. Parenting and Adolescent Problem Behavior: An Ecological Analysis of the Nurturance Hypothesis / Thomas J. Dishion and Bernadette Marie Bullock. Ch. 14. Interparental Relations as a Dimension of Parenting / E. Mark Cummings, Marcie C. Goeke-Morey and Marybeth A. Graham. Ch. 15. Parents, Peers, and the Process of Socialization in Primates / Steven J. Suomi -- Pt. IV. Contextual-Cultural Influences on Parenting Nondisabled and Disabled Children.