Principles of Effective Parenting

Joan E. Grusec, PhD, is Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada. Her research has centered on socialization in the family, with a particular focus on determinants of parenting and the impact of different kinds of parenting on children’s social and emotional outcomes. Dr. Grusec has authored and edited numerous research papers, chapters, and books. She is on the editorial boards of Parenting: Science and Practice and Social Development, and served as Associate Editor of Developmental Psychology.

1. How Values Are Learned: An Introduction
2. Moral Values, Reasoning, Affect, and Action
3. The Protection Domain: Responsiveness to Distress and Security
4. The Reciprocity Domain: Compliance with Reasonable Requests
5. Learning Values in the Control Domain: Discipline and Reward
6. Learning Values in the Guided Learning Domain: Conversations and Reminiscences about Values
7. Learning Values in the Group Participation Domain: Observation and Engagement with Others
8. Final Thoughts
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