Provides the latest insights into, and theoretical interpretation of, our understanding of the human aging process.

Helps pediatrician and other child care workers identify, evaluate, and treat children and families affected by trauma and adversity.

Devotes entire chapters to the meaning of "parent," civil and criminal abuse and neglect, the foster care system, adoption, medical decision-making, support and other financial responsibilities, protective legislation, and delinquency.

Serves as a repository of knowledge in the field as well as a frequently updated conduit of new research long before such information trickles down to standard textbooks.

Presents comprehensive coverage of major topics in social gerontology, expands its treatment of health behavior, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement. It delivers new information on living environments, religious beliefs and practices; environmental threats; cross-cultural views of dementia; ageism in advertising; age-friendly communities; global immigration and cultural assimilation, and end-of-life caregiving, to name a few.

Provides comprehensive overview of the biology of human growth and the genetic, endocrine, environmental, nutritional, and socio-economic factors that contribute to human development.

This research-based book covers the core components of modern parenting and child development across multi-ethnic and cross-cultural contexts in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, with a focus on the United States.

Navigates our understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural dimensions of childhood.

Explores key in-depth issues in quality Early Childhood Development and Education.

Provides accessible support and guidance for early childhood studies students in higher education who may have little, if any, experience of relating to young children.

One-stop, comprehensive resource for the theory and research on the social development of children.