Meta-parenting in the journey of child rearing: A cognitive mechanism for change

Handbook of Dynamics in Parent-Child Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 189-210

  Holden, George W ^a   Hawk, Carol Kozak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781452229645.n10     Document Type: Chapter

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