Socializing Children through Language
Coordonnateurs : Davis-Kean Pamela, Tang Sandra
Using psychological theory as a basis, Socializing Children through Language examines naturally occurring conversations between mothers and children in the context of achievement, self-regulation, food consumption, and television watching to illustrate how families of different socioeconomic means interact and discuss a variety of topics in the home. Specifically, the chapters in this book draw on enhanced audio recordings of over 40 families across a range of education and income levels to investigate how mothers? language relates to child behaviors over time. The unique pairing of this digital observer data with empirical data on achievement tests, regulation tasks, and parenting information on the home environment collected one year later presents an altogether revolutionary way to understand and think about how family socialization works across socioeconomic levels.
Chapter 2: One Fish, Two Fish: Math Talk in the Home
Chapter 3: Mothers' Management Strategies: Variability in Language Across Contexts
Chapter 4: Talking about the Mind: Mother-Child Conversations about Emotions and Desire
Chapter 5: Media and the Family: The Socialization Process and Its Impact on Children
Chapter 6: Food Talk in Families
Chapter 7: Implications of Using LENA and Conclusions
Dr. Tang is a Research Investigator in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and jointly affiliated with the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Her program of research focuses on the role of the family, school, and environment in shaping children’s educational success, especially for those children who grow up in risky contexts. In particular, Tang is interested in the extent to which cultural and socioeconomic factors shape parenting behaviors, and in turn, children's academic outcomes.
- Focuses on mother–child talk about desires, thoughts, and emotions
- Studies the relationship between math talk and children’s math knowledge and achievement
- Emphasizes the management language used by mothers to guide the behavior of their children
- Explores children’s media environment in the home, the conversations that occur during digital technology use, and whether it relates to children’s outcomes
- Considers food-related discussions in families prior to and during mealtimes, including how parents and children express food likes and dislikes, hunger, mealtime routines and expectations, and explanations about nutritional values
Date de parution : 06-2016
Ouvrage de 200 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Socializing Children through Language :
Mots-clés :
Behavioral; Child development; Child language; Childhood obesity; Children; Cognitive; Conversation; Conversations; Development; Eating; Electronic media; Enhanced voice recorders; Family routines; Feeding; Food talk; Home environment; Home setting; Individual differences; Maternal language; Math talk; Math-related practices; Mealtimes; Media parenting; Mother�child conversation; Mother�child interactions; Naturalistic family interaction; Parent talk; Parent�child; Parenting; Preschool age