Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford received her Ph.D. in evolutionary developmental psychology in 2011 from Florida Atlantic University. She currently teaches at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. Her research over the years has been evolutionarily inspired and has had the broader goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of violence and conflict in families and romantic relationships. Her research interests and publishing cut across the psychological domains of forensics, development, social, personality, clinical, and criminology. Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. In 2016, he was appointed Distinguished Professor by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. Shackelford haspublished approximately 300 journal articles and his work has been cited over 22,000 times. Much of Shackelford's research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on men's physical, emotional, and sexual violence against their intimate partners. Since 2006, Shackelford has served as editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, and in 2014 founded the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science as Editor-in-Chief.

• About the Volume EditorsContributorsPart I: Foundations of Parenting1. Evolutionary Perspectives on Parenting Tomás Cabeza de Baca and Bruce J. Ellis2. Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Rochelle F. Hentges and Meredith J. Martin3. Parenting and Culture Kathryn Coe and Kyle J. Clark4. Social and Personality Perspectives on Parenting in an Evolutionary Context Jose C. Yonga and Norman P. Li5. Cultural Perspectives on Parenting Judi Mesman and Rosanneke A. G. Emmen6. The Cradle of Humankind: Evolutionary Approaches to Technology and Parenting Geoff Kushnick7. Politics and Parenting Nicholas Kerry and Damian R. Murray8. Parental Influence and Sexual Selection Menelaos ApostolouPart II: Maternal and Paternal Psychology and Behavior9. Evolutionary Perspectives on Maternal Parenting Catherine Salmon and Jessica Hehman10. The Effects of Maternal Prenatal Stress on Fetal and Child Development: An Evolutionary Perspective Vivette Glover11. The Relationship Between Parenting and Identity Styles Among Adolescents in South Africa: A Focus on the Mother-Adolescent Relationship Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Marsha van Heerden, Eugene Lee Davids, and Kerstin Adonis12. Maternal Aggression Vibeke K. Ottesen13. Maternal Relationships With Adolescents Jamie M. Gajos and Kevin M. Beaver14. Maternal Investment in Adolescent Daughters and Sons: A Bioecological Perspective Mary B. Eberly Lewis and Trinity Hoenig15. Father Involvement in Different Family Systems Across Cultural Communities: Links to Childhood Development Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Anton de Kom, and Elif Dde Yildirim16. Paternal Relationships With Sons and Daughters Lambrianos NikiforidisPart III: Other Kin and Nonkin Parenting17. Allomothering, Evolution, and the Environment Sarah Radtke18. Adoptive Parenting Is More Complex Than Evolutionary Theory Would Predict: Evidence From Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Jessica A. K. Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, and Martha L. Pott19. Grandparental Investment Paula Sheppard20. Aunts and UnclesAntti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka21. Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features Mitch Brown, Donald F. Sacco, Kaitlyn Holifield, Kelsey Drea, and Alicia Macchione

Weekes-Shackelford and Shackelford have brought together a well-organized, sequential foray into the scholarship on parenting ... This text will be quite useful as a reference supporting graduate students and instructors in sociology or psychology disciplines.

Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford received her Ph.D. in evolutionary developmental psychology in 2011 from Florida Atlantic University. She currently teaches at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. Her research over the years has been evolutionarily inspired and has had the broader goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of violence and conflict in families and romantic relationships. Her research interests and publishing cut across the psychological domains of forensics, development, social, personality, clinical, and criminology. Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. In 2016, he was appointed Distinguished Professor by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. Shackelford haspublished approximately 300 journal articles and his work has been cited over 22,000 times. Much of Shackelford's research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on men's physical, emotional, and sexual violence against their intimate partners. Since 2006, Shackelford has served as editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, and in 2014 founded the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science as Editor-in-Chief.

• About the Volume EditorsContributorsPart I: Foundations of Parenting1. Evolutionary Perspectives on Parenting Tomás Cabeza de Baca and Bruce J. Ellis2. Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Rochelle F. Hentges and Meredith J. Martin3. Parenting and Culture Kathryn Coe and Kyle J. Clark4. Social and Personality Perspectives on Parenting in an Evolutionary Context Jose C. Yonga and Norman P. Li5. Cultural Perspectives on Parenting Judi Mesman and Rosanneke A. G. Emmen6. The Cradle of Humankind: Evolutionary Approaches to Technology and Parenting Geoff Kushnick7. Politics and Parenting Nicholas Kerry and Damian R. Murray8. Parental Influence and Sexual Selection Menelaos ApostolouPart II: Maternal and Paternal Psychology and Behavior9. Evolutionary Perspectives on Maternal Parenting Catherine Salmon and Jessica Hehman10. The Effects of Maternal Prenatal Stress on Fetal and Child Development: An Evolutionary Perspective Vivette Glover11. The Relationship Between Parenting and Identity Styles Among Adolescents in South Africa: A Focus on the Mother-Adolescent Relationship Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Marsha van Heerden, Eugene Lee Davids, and Kerstin Adonis12. Maternal Aggression Vibeke K. Ottesen13. Maternal Relationships With Adolescents Jamie M. Gajos and Kevin M. Beaver14. Maternal Investment in Adolescent Daughters and Sons: A Bioecological Perspective Mary B. Eberly Lewis and Trinity Hoenig15. Father Involvement in Different Family Systems Across Cultural Communities: Links to Childhood Development Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Anton de Kom, and Elif Dde Yildirim16. Paternal Relationships With Sons and Daughters Lambrianos NikiforidisPart III: Other Kin and Nonkin Parenting17. Allomothering, Evolution, and the Environment Sarah Radtke18. Adoptive Parenting Is More Complex Than Evolutionary Theory Would Predict: Evidence From Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Jessica A. K. Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, and Martha L. Pott19. Grandparental Investment Paula Sheppard20. Aunts and UnclesAntti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka21. Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features Mitch Brown, Donald F. Sacco, Kaitlyn Holifield, Kelsey Drea, and Alicia Macchione

Weekes-Shackelford and Shackelford have brought together a well-organized, sequential foray into the scholarship on parenting ... This text will be quite useful as a reference supporting graduate students and instructors in sociology or psychology disciplines.

Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford received her Ph.D. in evolutionary developmental psychology in 2011 from Florida Atlantic University. She currently teaches at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. Her research over the years has been evolutionarily inspired and has had the broader goal of gaining a more comprehensive understanding of violence and conflict in families and romantic relationships. Her research interests and publishing cut across the psychological domains of forensics, development, social, personality, clinical, and criminology. Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. In 2016, he was appointed Distinguished Professor by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. Shackelford haspublished approximately 300 journal articles and his work has been cited over 22,000 times. Much of Shackelford's research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on men's physical, emotional, and sexual violence against their intimate partners. Since 2006, Shackelford has served as editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, and in 2014 founded the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science as Editor-in-Chief.

• About the Volume EditorsContributorsPart I: Foundations of Parenting1. Evolutionary Perspectives on Parenting Tomás Cabeza de Baca and Bruce J. Ellis2. Developmental Perspectives on Parenting Rochelle F. Hentges and Meredith J. Martin3. Parenting and Culture Kathryn Coe and Kyle J. Clark4. Social and Personality Perspectives on Parenting in an Evolutionary Context Jose C. Yonga and Norman P. Li5. Cultural Perspectives on Parenting Judi Mesman and Rosanneke A. G. Emmen6. The Cradle of Humankind: Evolutionary Approaches to Technology and Parenting Geoff Kushnick7. Politics and Parenting Nicholas Kerry and Damian R. Murray8. Parental Influence and Sexual Selection Menelaos ApostolouPart II: Maternal and Paternal Psychology and Behavior9. Evolutionary Perspectives on Maternal Parenting Catherine Salmon and Jessica Hehman10. The Effects of Maternal Prenatal Stress on Fetal and Child Development: An Evolutionary Perspective Vivette Glover11. The Relationship Between Parenting and Identity Styles Among Adolescents in South Africa: A Focus on the Mother-Adolescent Relationship Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Marsha van Heerden, Eugene Lee Davids, and Kerstin Adonis12. Maternal Aggression Vibeke K. Ottesen13. Maternal Relationships With Adolescents Jamie M. Gajos and Kevin M. Beaver14. Maternal Investment in Adolescent Daughters and Sons: A Bioecological Perspective Mary B. Eberly Lewis and Trinity Hoenig15. Father Involvement in Different Family Systems Across Cultural Communities: Links to Childhood Development Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Anton de Kom, and Elif Dde Yildirim16. Paternal Relationships With Sons and Daughters Lambrianos NikiforidisPart III: Other Kin and Nonkin Parenting17. Allomothering, Evolution, and the Environment Sarah Radtke18. Adoptive Parenting Is More Complex Than Evolutionary Theory Would Predict: Evidence From Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Jessica A. K. Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, and Martha L. Pott19. Grandparental Investment Paula Sheppard20. Aunts and UnclesAntti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka21. Inferences of Parental Abilities Through Facial and Bodily Features Mitch Brown, Donald F. Sacco, Kaitlyn Holifield, Kelsey Drea, and Alicia Macchione

Weekes-Shackelford and Shackelford have brought together a well-organized, sequential foray into the scholarship on parenting ... This text will be quite useful as a reference supporting graduate students and instructors in sociology or psychology disciplines.