The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion

Contents......Page 6
List of "Imagining Each Other" Essays......Page 7
How a Green Race Car Helped Randy Cope with Asthma......Page 88
Learning to Weave in a Maya Community......Page 97
Formality and Fun in Kinship Relations among the Gusii......Page 121
Muslim Children with Autism Learn to Pray......Page 126
Perfecting Gender in a New England Boarding School......Page 152
Marks Make the Man in Kenya......Page 155
Aía Ke Ola I Na Kupuna: Family-Based Care in Native Hawaiian Culture......Page 193
Launching a Reproductive Career in Kenya......Page 203
Circumcision, Male......Page 207
Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf Family......Page 278
Literacy without Schooling among the Vai of Liberia......Page 342
Emotional Development......Page 349
The Parenting Style of a Turkish Reformer......Page 356
Memories of Childhood on an Israeli Kibbutz......Page 373
A Far-Flung Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Beast......Page 403
Learning to Like Chili Peppers......Page 409
Treating Hmong Children in America: Two Case Studies......Page 475
Educated at Home in the United States......Page 493
Summer Camp for Diabetic Children: A Stigma-Free Zone......Page 517
Our Language: A Friendship That Transcended Linguistic and Cultural Borders......Page 585
The Luminous Books of Childhood......Page 614
Counting on the Body: Arithmetic Learning in Oksapmin Culture......Page 637
A Hindu Brahman Boy Is Born Again......Page 664
The Color Brown......Page 685
Italian Children and the Mysterious La Befana......Page 698
Learning to Fictionalize in the Black Belt of Alabama......Page 702
Some Prodigious Pretenders......Page 787
Girls as Adversarial Virtuosos......Page 789
Using Rap to Re-create a Southern Heritage......Page 799
Prejudice and Stereotyping......Page 815
Early Childhood Education in Japan......Page 821
The School of the Republic: Muslim Girls' Dress and Identities in French Public Schools......Page 857
Parents as Deities in Hindu Family Life......Page 893
Shame and Guilt......Page 939
Children as Family Caregivers in Mexico......Page 942
Physiology of Sleep......Page 953
On Infants Sleeping Alone......Page 957
The Mathematical Life of Brazilian Street Children......Page 999
Tourette Syndrome in Indian Ayurvedic Medical Practice......Page 1037
A Refugee's Childhood in the West Bank......Page 1062
Work before Play for Yucatec Maya Children......Page 1079
About the Editors......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Introduction: An Invitation to the Many Worlds of Childhood......Page 28
Abandonment and Infanticide......Page 40
Ability Grouping......Page 43
Psychological Perspectives......Page 44
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 46
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 47
Effects on the Child......Page 49
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 52
Accidents and Injuries......Page 54
Addams, Jane......Page 56
Adolescence......Page 57
Adolescent Decision Making, Legal Perspectives on......Page 60
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 62
Effects on the Child......Page 64
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 67
Adult Criminal Justice System, Children in the......Page 70
Advanced Placement Program......Page 72
Advertising......Page 73
Advice Literature, Popular......Page 75
Affirmative Action, Children and......Page 77
African American Children......Page 80
African Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 82
Aggression......Page 85
Allergic Diseases......Page 87
American History, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 90
Ancient Mediterranean World, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 93
Animism......Page 95
Apprenticeship......Page 96
Ariès, Philippe......Page 99
Aristotle......Page 100
Artistic Development......Page 101
Arts Education......Page 105
Asian American Children......Page 106
Asian Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 109
Athletic Development......Page 111
Attachment, Infant......Page 112
Attachment Disturbances and Disorders......Page 115
Attention......Page 116
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder......Page 118
Authority and Obedience......Page 120
Autism Spectrum Disorders......Page 125
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education of Children with......Page 129
Baby and Child Selling......Page 130
Baldwin, James Mark......Page 132
Bedwetting......Page 133
Best Interests of the Child......Page 135
Bilingual Education......Page 137
Bilingualism......Page 140
Binet, Alfred......Page 142
Birth Order......Page 143
Birthmarks......Page 144
Blindness......Page 145
Blood Disorders......Page 148
Blood Types......Page 150
Boarding Schools......Page 151
Body Image and Modification......Page 154
Books on Child Development, Landmark......Page 157
Bowlby, John......Page 160
Brace, Charles Loring......Page 161
Breastfeeding......Page 162
Buddhism......Page 165
Built Environment, Children and the......Page 167
Bullying......Page 169
Camps, Summer......Page 171
Cancer......Page 173
Catholicism......Page 176
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 178
Religious and Philosophical Perspectives......Page 182
Physiological Perspectives......Page 186
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 187
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 191
Effects on the Child......Page 195
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 197
Child Support......Page 199
Childbearing, Adolescent......Page 202
Childhood Resilience......Page 204
Circumcision, Female......Page 206
Civic Education......Page 210
Clark, Kenneth B(ancroft)......Page 212
Classroom Culture......Page 213
Cognitive Development......Page 216
Combat, Youth in......Page 218
Comfort Habits......Page 220
Comic Books......Page 221
Communication, Development of......Page 222
Community Service and Service-Learning......Page 226
Computers as Learning Tools......Page 228
Computer Games......Page 229
The Internet......Page 230
Concepts of the Social World......Page 232
Conduct, Legal Regulation of Children's......Page 241
Conduct Disorders......Page 242
Confucianism and Taoism......Page 244
Confucius......Page 245
Congenital Anomalies and Deformations......Page 246
Consumers, Children as......Page 250
Contraception......Page 252
Corporal Punishment......Page 253
Creativity......Page 255
Crime, Juvenile......Page 256
Crime Victims, Children as......Page 258
Criminal Procedure, Children and......Page 260
Critical Periods......Page 262
Critical Thinking......Page 264
Crying and Colic......Page 266
Cults......Page 267
Curriculum......Page 269
Custody......Page 271
Dance......Page 274
Davis, Kingsley......Page 275
Davis, (William) Allison......Page 276
Deafness......Page 277
Death, Children's Experience of......Page 279
Death Penalty, Children and the......Page 281
United States......Page 283
International Perspectives......Page 287
Dependency, Legal......Page 292
Depression......Page 293
Development, Concept of......Page 295
Overview......Page 297
Behavioral Theories......Page 299
Cognitive Theories......Page 301
Dynamic Systems Theories......Page 303
Psychoanalytic Theories......Page 304
Social Contextual Theories......Page 307
Developmental Delays......Page 310
Dewey, John......Page 311
Medical Perspectives......Page 312
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 314
Discipline and Punishment......Page 315
Domestic Violence......Page 318
Dropouts......Page 319
Drug Testing......Page 320
Ear Infections......Page 322
Eastern Orthodoxy......Page 324
Eating and Nutrition......Page 325
Eating Disorders......Page 327
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives......Page 329
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 331
Overview......Page 334
Gender Discrimination......Page 336
Racial Discrimination......Page 338
Education, Informal......Page 341
Emancipation......Page 344
Embryology and Fetal Development......Page 345
Emotional Disorders, Education of Children with......Page 354
Empathy......Page 355
Endocrine Disorders......Page 357
Erikson, Erik H(omburger)......Page 359
Ethnic Identity......Page 360
European History, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 363
Evolution of Childhood, Biological......Page 366
Exercise and Physical Activity......Page 368
Extracurricular Activities......Page 370
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 372
Economic and Demographic Perspectives......Page 377
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 380
Family Court......Page 383
Family Systems Theories......Page 385
Father-Child Relationship......Page 386
Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety Disorders......Page 388
Federalism and Families......Page 391
Feeding, Infant......Page 392
Fertility......Page 394
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders......Page 396
Fetus, Legal Status of the......Page 397
Films......Page 399
Firearms......Page 401
Folk and Fairy Tales......Page 402
Folklore, Children's......Page 406
Food Aversions and Preferences......Page 408
Foreign Language Education......Page 411
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 412
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 415
Freedom of Speech......Page 417
Freud, Anna......Page 419
Freud, Sigmund......Page 420
Friendship......Page 421
Froebel, Friedrich (Wilhelm August)......Page 424
Galton, Francis......Page 425
Gangs......Page 426
Gastrointestinal Disorders......Page 428
Gay and Lesbian Parents......Page 431
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 432
Gender Development......Page 437
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 441
Overview......Page 443
Genetic Testing......Page 446
Behavioral Genetics......Page 448
Gestures......Page 450
Ghosts......Page 451
Gifted and Talented, Education of Children Identified as......Page 452
Giftedness......Page 453
Goldstein, Joseph......Page 455
Grades and Grading......Page 456
Grandparents......Page 458
Guardianship......Page 459
Hall, G(ranville) Stanley......Page 461
Harlow, Harry F(rederick)......Page 462
Head Start......Page 463
Health, Disparities in......Page 465
Health and Sex Education......Page 470
Health Care Funding......Page 471
United States......Page 474
International Perspectives......Page 477
Health Screening......Page 480
Health Supervision......Page 482
Development of Hearing......Page 483
Hearing Abnormalities......Page 485
Hearing Impairments, Education of Children with......Page 486
Heart Disorders and Diseases......Page 487
Hinduism......Page 490
Home Schooling......Page 492
Homelessness......Page 495
Homework......Page 497
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 499
Physiological and Psychological Perspectives......Page 502
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 503
Hospitalization......Page 505
U.S. Medical Perspectives......Page 507
International Medical Perspectives......Page 509
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 510
Identity......Page 513
Illness and Injury, Children’s Experience of......Page 516
Imitation......Page 519
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 520
Effects on the Child......Page 523
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 525
Immune Disorders......Page 527
Immunizations......Page 529
Incest......Page 531
Independence, Dependence, and Interdependence......Page 532
Infectious Diseases......Page 535
Innocence, Childhood......Page 540
Insurance, Children and......Page 542
Intellectual Disability......Page 543
Intellectual Disability, Education of Children with......Page 546
Intelligence......Page 548
Intelligence Testing......Page 551
International Baccalaureate Program......Page 553
International Rights of the Child......Page 554
Islam......Page 556
Islamic Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 558
Itard, Jean-Marc-Gaspard......Page 560
James, William......Page 561
Judaism......Page 562
Juvenile Court......Page 564
Juvenile Delinquency......Page 566
Juvenile Justice System......Page 569
Kidnapping......Page 571
Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders and Diseases......Page 573
Kinship and Child Rearing......Page 575
Klein, Melanie (Reizes)......Page 577
Kohlberg, Lawrence......Page 578
Labor and Delivery......Page 579
Language Development......Page 580
Language and Social Life......Page 584
Language Disorders and Delay......Page 588
Latin American Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 591
Latino Children in the United States......Page 594
Lead Poisoning......Page 597
Learning......Page 599
Learning Disabilities......Page 602
Learning Disabilities, Education of Children with......Page 604
Legal Representation of Children......Page 605
Leisure Time, Family......Page 607
Literacy......Page 608
Children's Literature......Page 611
Children's Engagement with Literature......Page 613
Liver Disorders and Diseases......Page 616
Logical Thinking......Page 617
Lorenz, Konrad (Zacharias)......Page 619
Magazines......Page 620
Magical Thinking......Page 622
Malnutrition and Undernutrition......Page 623
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 627
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 630
Marketplace, Children and the......Page 632
Masturbation......Page 633
Mathematics......Page 635
Mead, Margaret......Page 638
Media, Children and the......Page 639
Medical Care and Procedures, Consent to......Page 641
Anesthesia and Analgesia......Page 645
Antibiotics......Page 646
Psychotropic Medicines......Page 647
Memory......Page 649
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 651
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 654
Mental Illness......Page 657
Mental Processes......Page 659
Metabolic Disorders......Page 661
Montessori, Maria......Page 662
Moral Development......Page 663
Morality......Page 668
Morbidity......Page 670
Mormonism......Page 673
Mortality......Page 674
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 677
Developmental Perspectives......Page 679
Motor Development......Page 681
Multicultural Education......Page 684
Physiological and Medical Perspectives......Page 687
Developmental Perspectives......Page 689
Cross-Cultural Perspectives......Page 691
Museums......Page 692
Music......Page 694
Musical Development......Page 696
Myths, Childhood......Page 697
Naming Patterns......Page 700
Narrative......Page 701
Native American Children......Page 705
Native American Children, Laws Governing......Page 708
Native American Religious Traditions......Page 709
Nature, Children and......Page 711
Neonate......Page 713
Neurological and Brain Development......Page 716
Neurological Disorders......Page 720
Neuromuscular Disorders......Page 723
Newborn, Rituals for and Care of the......Page 725
Obesity and Dieting......Page 728
Oedipus Conflict......Page 730
Ogbu, John U(zo)......Page 731
Oppositional Defiant Disorder......Page 732
Organizations for Youth......Page 734
Orphanages......Page 735
Orthopedic Disorders......Page 736
Pacific Island Societies and Cultures, Childhood and Adolescence in......Page 739
Pain......Page 740
Parasitic Infections......Page 742
Parens Patriae......Page 744
Parenthood......Page 745
Parks, Playgrounds, and Open Spaces......Page 748
Paternity and Maternity......Page 750
Pediatrics......Page 752
Peers and Peer Culture......Page 755
Perception......Page 758
Performance-Enhancing Drugs......Page 759
Personal Boundaries......Page 761
Personality Development......Page 762
Personality Traits......Page 765
Psychoanalytic Perspectives......Page 768
Pets......Page 769
Physical Disabilities and Other Health Impairments, Education of Children with......Page 771
Physical Education......Page 772
Physical Growth and Development......Page 773
Piaget, Jean......Page 777
Planning......Page 779
Plato......Page 780
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 781
Developmental Perspectives......Page 784
Play, Pretend......Page 786
Play and Gender......Page 788
Play Therapy......Page 791
Poisoning......Page 792
Political Activism, Children and......Page 794
Popular Culture......Page 796
Popular Music......Page 798
Pornography, Child......Page 802
Postpartum Depression......Page 803
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 805
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 806
Effects on the Child......Page 808
Pregnancy......Page 810
Pregnancy and Childbirth, Legal Regulation of......Page 813
Prematurity......Page 818
Preschool and Kindergarten......Page 820
Prisons for Youth......Page 823
Privacy, Family......Page 825
Problem Solving......Page 826
Procreate, Right to......Page 828
Property, Children as......Page 829
Property and Contract, Children's Rights to......Page 830
Prostitution, Child......Page 831
Protestantism......Page 833
Psychiatric Illness, Parental......Page 835
Punishment, Legal......Page 837
Race and Children's Development......Page 840
Rape......Page 845
Reading......Page 847
Reform Institutions for Youth......Page 849
Refugee Children......Page 851
Rehabilitative Services for Youth......Page 852
Religion in Public Schools......Page 854
Religious Instruction......Page 855
Religious Rights, Children's......Page 856
Religious Schools......Page 859
Remarriage and the Blended Family......Page 861
Medical Perspectives......Page 863
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 865
Historical Perspectives......Page 867
The Practice of Child Development Research......Page 872
Respiratory Diseases......Page 875
Rights, Children's......Page 878
Rights, Parental......Page 880
Rights, Termination of Parental......Page 882
Religious Rites of Passage......Page 883
Secular Rites of Passage......Page 885
Rituals, Family......Page 888
Romantic and Sexual Relationships......Page 889
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques......Page 891
Sacramental Family Life......Page 892
School Achievement......Page 895
School Funding......Page 898
School Readiness......Page 899
School Reform......Page 901
Schooling, Inequalities in......Page 903
Schools......Page 905
Schools, Single-Sex......Page 909
Science......Page 911
Self Development......Page 912
Self-Esteem......Page 915
Self-Injury......Page 916
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 917
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 920
Medical and Psychological Perspectives......Page 921
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 924
Physiological Development......Page 926
Sexual Desire and Behavior......Page 930
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 934
Sexually Transmitted Diseases......Page 936
Shaken Baby Syndrome......Page 938
Siblings......Page 941
Sign Language......Page 945
Single Parents......Page 946
Skin Disorders and Diseases......Page 948
Slang and Offensive Language......Page 950
Slavery, Child......Page 951
Sleeping Arrangements......Page 956
Social Development......Page 959
Social Studies, History, and Geography......Page 963
Social Work......Page 964
Socialization of the Child......Page 968
Sociolinguistic Diversity......Page 972
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives......Page 974
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 977
Speech Disorders......Page 978
Spirituality......Page 981
Spock, Benjamin (McLane)......Page 984
Sports......Page 985
Sports Injuries......Page 987
Stages of Childhood......Page 988
Status......Page 993
Status Offenses......Page 995
Street and Runaway Children......Page 998
Stress......Page 1000
Subcultures, Youth......Page 1002
Medical Perspectives......Page 1003
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 1007
Effects on the Child......Page 1010
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 1011
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome......Page 1013
Suicide......Page 1014
Suspension and Expulsion......Page 1016
Taste and Smell, Development of......Page 1019
Taxation, Children and......Page 1021
Teachers......Page 1022
Teeth......Page 1024
Television......Page 1026
Temperament......Page 1028
Testing and Evaluation, Educational......Page 1031
Textbooks......Page 1033
Theater and Acting......Page 1035
Tics and Tourette Syndrome......Page 1036
Tobacco......Page 1038
Toilet Training......Page 1039
Toys and Games......Page 1041
Training, Child......Page 1043
Universe of the Child......Page 1046
Violence, Children and......Page 1048
Development of Vision......Page 1051
Vision Abnormalities......Page 1053
Visitation......Page 1055
Visual Impairments, Education of Children with......Page 1057
Vocational Schools and Training......Page 1058
Vygotsky, L(ev) S(emenovich)......Page 1060
War, Children and......Page 1061
U.S. Historical Perspectives......Page 1065
International Historical Perspectives......Page 1068
Effects on the Child......Page 1069
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 1071
Whiting, Beatrice B(lyth)......Page 1073
Whiting, John W(esley) M(ayhew)......Page 1074
Witnesses, Children as Legal......Page 1075
Historical and Cultural Perspectives......Page 1078
Effects on the Child......Page 1081
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 1083
Effects on the Child......Page 1085
Legal and Public-Policy Perspectives......Page 1087
Writing......Page 1089
Wundt, Wilhelm......Page 1090
Youth Movements......Page 1091
Legal Citations......Page 1094
Index......Page 1098