| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the blind men and the elephant -- Beginnings of emotional and social development -- Life begins : from conception to birth -- Born to relate -- Infant coping mechanisms, mismatches, and repairs in relating -- Empathy, self, and other minds -- Overarching bodies of ideas -- Attachment -- Culture -- Biology and the brain -- Epigenetics, evolution and how nature meets nurture -- Developmental capacities and stages -- Language, words, and symbols -- Memories : learning who we are and what to expect -- Play: fun, symbolising, practising, and mucking about -- Boys, girls, and gender -- Not just mothers -- Nonmaternal care and childcare -- Middle childhood, siblings, peers and group life -- The place of fathers -- Moving towards adulthood -- Consequences of early experiences -- Trauma, neglect, and their effects -- Resilience and good feelings -- Moral development, antisocial and prosocial behaviour -- Conclusions: earlier experience and its longer-term consequences -- Glossary -- References -- Author index -- Subject index. |
