The Cambridge Handbook of Environment in Human Development

This book is about child development, from new born to young teenager, although some later life consequences are mentioned. Its specific focus is on the environment. Discussion of child development often focuses on the contributions of nature and nurture. The nature, except in some aspects of physical development, does not quite go back to the genetic. The nurture does not often extend beyond very close relatives (usually just mother) or a very specific environment – classrooms for teaching, for example. News items on child development or attainment often report results where differences in wealth, ethnicity, location, etc. have been factored...