Concerned with different types of parents and the forces that shape parenting, this volume, the first of four volumes on parenting deals specifically with parent-child relationships throughout the lifespan and the parenting of children of different physical, behavioral, and intellectual needs. The volume consists of 12 chapters as follows: (1) "Parenting Infants" (Marc H. Bornstein); (2) "Parenting Toddlers" (Carolyn Pope Edwards); (3) "Parenting during Middle Childhood" (W. Andrew Collins and others); (4) "Parenting Adolescents" (Grayson N. Holmbeck and others); (5) "Parent-Child Relationships in Adulthood and Old Age" (Steven M. Zarit and David J. Eggebeen); (6) "Parenting Siblings" (Wyndol Furman); (7) "Parenting Boys and Girls" (Beverley J. Fagot); (8) "Parenting Twins" (Hugh Lytton and others); (9) "Parenting Children Born Preterm" (Susan Goldberg and Barbara DiVitto); (10) "Parenting Children with Down Syndrome and Other Types of Mental Retardation" (Robert M. Hodapp); (11) "Parents of Aggressive and Withdrawn Children" (Kenneth H. Rubin and others); and (12) "Parenting Talented Children" (David Henry Feldman and Jane Piirto). Articles are accompanied by references. (JW)