Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-429) and index.
Contents:
"Nurture" Is Not the Same as "Environment" -- The Nature (and Nurture) of the Evidence -- Nature, Nurture, and None of the Above -- Separate Worlds -- Other Times, Other Places -- Human Nature -- Us and Them -- In the Company of Children -- The Transmission of Culture -- Gender Rules -- Schools of Children -- Growing Up -- Dysfunctional Families and Problem Kids -- What Parents Can Do -- The Nurture Assumption on Trial -- Appendixes : Personality and Birth Order -- Testing Theories of Child Development.
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