Concerned with different types of parents and the forces that shape parenting, this volume, the first of five 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 the following 14 chapters: (1) "Parenting Infants" (Marc H. Bornstein); (2) "Parenting Toddlers" (Carolyn Pope Edwards and Wen-Li Liu); (3) "Parenting during Middle Childhood" (W. Andrew Collins, Stephanie D. Madsen, and Amy Susman-Stillman); (4) "Parenting Adolescents" (Laurence Steinberg and Jennifer S. Silk); (5) "Parent-Child Relationships in Adulthood and Later Years" (Steven H. Zarit and David J. Eggebeen); (6) "Parenting Siblings" (Wyndol Furman and Richard Lanthier); (7) "Parenting Girls and Boys" (Campbell Leaper); (8) "Parenting Twins and the Genetics of Parenting" (Hugh Lytton with Lin Gallagher); (9) "Child Temperament and Parenting" (Samuel P. Putnam, Ann V. Sanson, and Mary K. Rothbart); (10) "Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families" (David M. Brodzinsky and Ellen Pinderhughes); (11) "Foster Parenting" (Jeffrey Haugaard and Cindy Hazan); (12) "Parenting Children Born Preterm" (Susan Goldberg and Barbara DiVitto); (13) "Parenting Children with Mental Retardation" (Robert M. Hodapp); and (14) "Parents of Aggressive and Withdrawn Children" (Kenneth H. Rubin and Kim B. Burgess). Author and subject indexes are also included. Each chapter contains references. (HTH)