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ERIC Number: EJ228614
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Jun
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Parental Speech to Five-Year-Old Children in a Game-Playing Situation.
McLaughlin, Barry; And Others
Child Development, v51 n2 p580-82 Jun 1980
Indicates that, in a table game with five-year-old sons or daughters, fathers used more directly controlling language with their children than did mothers, whereas mothers preferred indirectly to directly controlling language. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Fathers, Games, Interaction, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parents, Preschool Children, Sex Differences, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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