Contexts for Young Child Flourishing

Darcia Narvaez, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Moral Psychology Lab at the University of Notre Dame. She studies moral development through the lifespan with a particular focus on early life effects on the neurobiology underpinning moral functioning. Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families at the University of Notre Dame. Her work focuses on social and emotional development during infancy and early childhood. Laura E. Miller-Graff, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research examines the developmental effects of exposure to violence in childhood. Lee T. Gettler, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on the way in which men's hormonal physiology responds to major life transitions, such as marriage and fatherhood. Paul D. Hastings, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, where he is also a member of the Center for Mind and Brain, and the Center for Poverty Research. His research focuses on examining dynamic influences between neurobiological regulatory systems and socialization experiences, and their multilevel contributions to adaptive and maladaptive socioemotional development in children and adolescents.

Preface
About the Editors
Contributors

SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR FLOURISHING IN YOUNG CHILDREN

1. The Flourishing of Young Children: Evolutionary Baselines
Darcia Narvaez, Lee Gettler, Julia Braungart-Rieker, Laura Miller Graff and Paul Hastings

2. Life for Learning: How a Young Child Seeks Joy With Companions In a Meaningful World
Colwyn Trevarthen and Jon-Roar Bjørkvold

3. Societal Contexts for Family Relations: Development, Violence and Stress
Riane Eisler

4. The Role of Emotion Socialization in Promoting Child Flourishing
Holly E. Brophy-Herb, Danielle Dalimonte-Merckling, Neda Senehi, and Alicia Kwon

5. Healthy Children: The Role of Emotion Regulation
Julia Braungart-Rieker and Elizabeth Planalp

SECTION 2: PARENTING AND FAMILY CULTURAL CONTEXTS

6. The Parental Brain - Regulation of Mother and Father Behavior that Influences Infant Development
James Swain

7. Parent-Child Symbolic Relationship In-Utero: Parents' Prenatal Expectations Regarding Their Child's Temperament and Their Own Parenting
Lior Abramson, David Mankuta, and Ariel Knafo-Noam

8. Wellbeing and Sociomoral Development in Preschoolers: The Relation of Maternal Parenting Attitudes Consistent with the Evolved Developmental Niche
Tracy Gleason, Darcia Narvaez, Ying Cheng, Lijuan Wang, and Jeff Brooks

9. Biopsychosocial Models of Prosociality: Compassionate Love, Vagal Regulation, and Children's Altruism
Jonas Miller and Paul Hastings

10. The Emergence of "Positive Parenting" as a New Paradigm: Theory, Process, and Evidence
George Holden, Rose Ashraf, Erin Brannan, and Paige Baker

11. Transitions in Siblinghood: Integrating Developmental, Cultural and Evolutionary Perspectives
Hillary N. Fouts and Lauren R. Bader

SECTION 3: CONTEXTS OF CONFLICT

12. The Benefits of Marital Conflict: Constructiveness and Resolution as Predictors of Positive Child Outcomes
Katie (Bergman) Miller, Mark Cummings, Kelly (Kuznicki) Warmuth

13. Multi-contextual influences on resilience in young children exposed to intimate partner violence
Laura Miller Graff

SECTION 4: COMMUNITY CONTEXTS

14. Flourishing in Transactional Care Systems: Caring with Infant and Toddler Caregivers about Wellbeing
Mary B. McMullen and Kathleen McCormick

15. Enrichment and Isolation: Institutional Care and Challenges to Child Development in Jamaica
Robin Nelson

16. The Elementary Classroom: A Context for Supporting Children's Flourishing
Marilyn Watson

SECTION 5: PRACTICAL AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

17. Culture, Community and Context in Child Development: Implications for Family Programs and Policy
Joshua Sparrow

18. Young Child Flourishing as an Aim for Society
Darcia Narvaez, Paul Hastings, Julia Braungart-Rieker, Lee Gettler, and Laura Miller-Graff

Index