Responding to cultural and linguistic differences in the beliefs and practices of families with young children

Young Children

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 74-80

  Okagaki, Lynn ^a   Diamond, Karen E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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