-Explores a range of facets of first-time mothers' parenting behaviour, how they vary with culture, and the degree to which parenting practices are an organized and coherent system.
-Considers the nature of infants' psychological constructs, structures, functions, and processes, and how these also vary with culture.
-Unique in offering insight into intra-cultural psychology alongside cross-cultural study
-Key studies from around the World: Urban vs. rural comparison in Argentina; Monolingual and bilingual childrearing in Belgium; A city and a kibbutz in contrast in Israel; the traditional north vs. south in Italy; and an Appalachian and metropolitan state in the U.S.
-Reveals the theory, research, and application of this multi-faceted research from the expert in the field.