Fathers' early contributions to children's language development in families from low-income rural communities

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-463

  Pancsofar, Nadya ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child language development; Early childhood development; Father child interactions; Parent language input

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957741639     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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