October 8: Larry Nucci "It's a part of life to do what you want: The personal domain and the child's sense of autonomy and personal identity"

On Thursday, October 8, 2009, our Brown Bag speaker is Larry Nucci of IHD. The title of his presentation is: "It's a part of life to do what you want: The personal domain and the child's sense of autonomy and personal identity." Larry's talk is part of our efforts to further the theme of Social and Emotional Development, but also bears on the theme of Contexts and Development. He will be describing some cross-cultural studies as well as child-parent interactions and children's resistance relevant to family contexts - especially with connections to reasons as to why parental negotiation and discourse is "healthy." He will also make some links to issues of mental health.