Find below some of the best books on child psychology ever written, as recommended by some of the greatest experts in the field.
Child psychology, or developmental psychology, is the study of how an individual's cognitive, linguistic, emotional and social skills change and progress over the course of his or her lifetime. Areas of interest in this field include attachment theory, infant perception, the influence of gender and the development of theory of mind.
We've spoken to experts including the clinical psychologist Tanya Byron, the professor of perinatal psychobiology Vivette Glover and the psychologist and philosopher Alison Gopnik—who argues that children's minds and how they develop can provide insight into profound philosophical questions—and asked them to recommend the best books on child psychology and their specialist areas of expertise.
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Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children
by Viviana A Zelizer -
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Social Development
by H. Rudolph Schaffer -
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The Roads of Chinese Childhood
by Charles Stafford -
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The Child in the City
by Colin Ward -
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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
The best books on Children, recommended by Jo Boyden
The best books on Children, recommended by Jo Boyden
We all know how children should be brought up, and rarely question the cultural norms that underly that certainty. But what does that mean for the policies we try to impose on the developing world? Jo Boyden, professor of international development at Oxford University and director of its Young Lives study, picks books that question our assumptions about how to successfully raise a child.