Features three- to five-year-olds learning social and psychological intricacies of family life. The families in this cross-cultural study teach their children how to view and cope with the wider world as they interact with it at day care and school. Shows varying models of behavior and codes of discipline to mold children in their culture's proper social image. Discusses jealousy, punishment, gender task assignments, and the importance of birth order to children
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Socialization Cross-cultural studiesParent and child Cross-cultural studiesFamilies Cross-cultural studiesChild rearing Cross-cultural studiesChild development Cross-cultural studies