| Abstract: | Questionnaire data from teenagers and grandmothers about infant development indicated that grandmothers who were more knowledgeable had daughters who were also more knowledgeable only when the latter had parenting responsibilities. The presence of a young infant seemed to provide the context in which the grandmother helped the young mother acquire accurate information about her baby's normative development. Grandmothers also exhibited a more responsive and less punitive interactive style than did their daughters. The data provided evidence that important socialization of parenting processes probably occurs in low-income Black three-generation households in which there is a very young mother. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
