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Child development = myths and misunderstandings /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Child development/ Jean Mercer.
Reminder of title:	myths and misunderstandings /
Author:	Mercer, Jean.
Published:	Los Angeles, Calif.:SAGE, : 2013.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 334 p.)
Subject:	Child development. -
Online resource:	http://sk.sagepub.com/books/child-development-myths-misunderstandings-2e
ISBN:	9781452275529 (electronic bk.)

Child development = myths and misunderstandings /
Mercer, Jean.

Child developmentmyths and misunderstandings /[electronic resource] :Jean Mercer. - 2nd ed. - Los Angeles, Calif.:SAGE,2013. - 1 online resource (xiii, 334 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic factors play such a strong role in human development that genes alone can determine certain human behavioral characteristics -- There is no harm in putting off childbearing until the mother's career is established -- If a child's problem is genetically caused, the problem will be present at birth and will stay the same throughout life -- Unborn babies are not influenced much by the environment outside the mother's body -- As a mother-to-be gets closer to the date when her child will be born, she needs to be more careful about alcohol and drugs, because the risk of birth defects increases throughout pregnancy -- If a woman who is taking antidepressant medication becomes pregnant, she should stop taking the drugs because they may cause birth defects in her baby -- Mothers care for their babies well because they have a maternal instinct -- Babies work hard to be born -- "Crack babies" can't be cured and will always have serious problems -- We can learn about human development from studying baby animals, especially primates -- Parents need to have contact with their babies right after birth, so they can bond with them -- Babies are born with emotional attachments to their mothers and can recognize their mothers at once -- Feral children are individuals who have been brought up from infancy by animals -- A baby's sleeping position can cause or prevent sudden infant death syndrome -- Parents should not talk baby talk to their children, because this slows their language development -- Being exposed to two different languages is confusing for babies and interferes with normal language development -- Breast-feeding makes babies more intelligent -- When parents divorce, it's important for young children to have certain experiences with both parents, or they will form an attachment to only one of them -- Toddlers drop food on the floor because they want to make their parents mad -- It is important for parents to work with babies and teach them how to walk -- It is a

Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 59 common beliefs. Each essay confronts commonly held misconceptions about development, encouraging students to think like social scientists and to become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. The book can be assigned to parallel either chronologically or topically organized child development texts.

ISBN: 9781452275529 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

554713
Child development.

LC Class. No.: HQ772 / .M437 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.231

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