Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, the student should be able to complete the following goals:

Describe the changing nature of the family, including how parents and children construct relationships.

Explain Baumrind's parenting styles.

Discuss the likely effects of Baumrind's parenting styles on child development.

Assess the influence of siblings in development, including how siblings help each other and how they affect development.

Outline the effects of divorce on children and ways in which children adjust to and react to divorce.

Discuss the changing roles for fathers after a divorce and potential influences on male and female children.

Identify and describe types of child care arrangements and characteristics of quality day care.

Discuss long-term developmental outcomes of day care.

Discuss the age-related milestones that occur in the development of the self, including the various levels of self-awareness.

Define the key terms related to gender development.

Summarize the various theories of gender development.

Examine the influence of family, peers, and the media in teaching children about gender roles.

Define play and list its characteristics.

Present the different types of play, when they appear, and their developmental effects.

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