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Crouter, Ann C.; Helms-Erikson, Heather; Updegraff, Kimberly; McHale, Susan M. – Child Development, 1999
Examined correlates of parents' knowledge about their children's daily experiences. Found between- and within-family differences as a function of mothers' work involvement, sibling composition, and children's and adults' personal qualities. Fathers knew more when mothers worked longer hours. Parents knew more about younger than older offspring.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Child Rearing, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Bumpus, Matthew F.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Investigated ways in which indicators of parental autonomy granting (decision-making input and parental knowledge of adolescents' daily experiences) differed as a function of context and personal qualities. Found that firstborns were granted more autonomy than second borns, especially in families with firstborn girls and second-born boys. Girls in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Birth Order