Child Development

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Click here to find out what's in theMay/Juneissue of Child Development. Topics include: 

• In-Groups and Out-Groups

• Working Teens

• Perceiving and Acting: Spatial Relations, Faces, Objects, and Numbers

• Toddlers’ Transgressions and Tantrums

• Social Bonding

• Homelessness

• African American Teens

• Playing Well Together

• Moral Breaches and Teen Conflicts

• Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood

• Developing Vocabulary

• Cross-Ethnic Ties

Click on the article titles below for free access to the 10 most downloaded articles in 2012.

The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions

Are There Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care?

Do Effects of Early Child Care Extend to Age 15 Years? Results From the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Protecting Children From the Consequences of Divorce: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Parenting on Children’s Coping Processes

Bilingual Effects on Cognitive and Linguistic Development: Role of Language, Cultural Background, and Education

Bilingualism and Academic Achievement

Science Does Not Speak for Itself: Translating Child Development Research for the Public and Its Policymakers

Epigenetics and the Biological Definition of Gene × Environment Interactions

Increasing Young Children's Contact With Print During Shared Reading: Longitudinal Effects on Literacy Achievement

Understanding Bullying and Victimization During Childhood and Adolescence: A Mixed Methods Study