Childhood Psychology

DION SOMMER is Professor of Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.

'Dion Sommer does a great service by localizing children's development and socialization in our rapidly changing times. From a Scandinavian outlook on the world early in the 21st century, the author provides a highly refreshing account. New stimulating conceptual understandings and interdisciplinary research is presented in order to explain young children's 'new realities'. It is a highly well-timed reflective contextual approach proposing a paradigm shift.' - Professor Michael Cole, University of California, San Diego, USA

• Introduction: Why and How a Childhood PsychologyA Childhood Psychology A Paradigm ShiftA Changing Young Childhood Beliefs Provoked and Theory ChallengedYoung Children's Culture Acquisition Competencies and LearningParenting I- Emergent Themes and TrendsParenting II- Emergent Father Involvement?Early Emergence of the Self Socioaffective CompetenciesA Childhood Psychology Conclusions and Future Perspectives.