Table of Contents:
  • Resources devoted to child development by families and society / M. Rebecca Kilburn, Barbara L. Wolfe
  • Preparing for parenthood: who's ready, who's not? / Constance T. Gager, Sara S. McLanahan, Dana A. Glei
  • Meeting the challenges of new parenthood: responsibilities, advice, and perceptions / Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
  • Reading, rhymes, and routines: American parents and their young children / Pia Rebello Britto, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
  • Child discipline in the first three years of life / Lawrence S. Wissow
  • Breastfeeding in the United States today: are families prepared? / Wendelin M. Slusser, Linda Lange
  • Depressive symptoms in parents of children under age 3: sociodemographic predictors, current correlates, and associated parenting behaviors / Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Rebecca Wolfe, Amy Lyubchik, Ronald Steingard
  • Prenatal care, delivery, and birth outcomes / Paul H. Wise
  • Access to health care for young children in the United States / Paul W. Newacheck, Miles Hochstein, Kristen S. Marchi, Neal Halfon
  • Anticipatory guidance: what information do parents receive? What information do they want? / Mark A. Schuster, Michael Regalado, Naihua Duan, David J. Klein
  • New models of pediatric care / Barry Zuckerman, Steven Parker
  • Families with children under 3: what we know and implications for results and policy / Neal Halfon, Kathryn Taaffe McLearn.