Child & Adolescent Development

This multidisciplinary, multicultural textbook covers child development from the prenatal stage to adolescence. The unique features of this book are its research content and its discussion of important theories, providing a global and universal view of human development, stability, and plasticity. The readers get a firsthand look at how development is viewed across the globe and how globalization has impacted children and child-rearing practices. Furthermore, the practical aspect of theory to application makes this book user friendly and, as well, highlights the fact that the content can be used in everyday life. This perspective gives students a different view of textbooks and how they can be used outside of the academic realm and in society at large. The authors hope that the content of this book is not only educational, informational, and useful to students, but also useful to various echelons of society and in a variety of applications.