Sensitivity to infants' cues: As much a mandate for researchers as for parents

Children's Influence on Family Dynamics: The Neglected Side of Family Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 91-108

  McHale, James P ^a   Kavanaugh, Kathryn C ^a   Berkman, Julia M ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410607430     Document Type: Chapter

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