Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings
"Mercer offers an excellent, basic, jargon-free guide to the common myths and misconceptions underlying principles in child development.  Designed to supplement textbooks covering child development, the book s intended to enable its target audience-specifically, beginning students of developmental psychology and related fields--to fine-tune logical arguments that support or refute basic beliefs concerning early infancy, youth and adolescence." (D. J. Winchester )"Jean Mercer has put together a wonderful resource. This book provides an interesting look at myths surrounding child development."(Stephanie L. Brooke )