Teacher or playmate? Asian immigrant and Euro-American parents' participation in their young children's daily activities

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-176

  Parmar, Parminder ^a   Harkness, Sara ^b   Super, Charles M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Children; Constructive play; Culture; Daily activities; Euro Americans; Parenting; Pretend play

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549157993     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.2.163     Document Type: Article

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