Gelman, Susan A. <br/><br/>
Mother-child conversations about gender :  understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / 
Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler. 
 - Boston :  Blackwell Publishing,  2004. 
 - vii, 145 p. :  ill., charts ;  23 cm. 
 - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ;  serial no. 275, v. 69, no. 1 .
 - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development;  v. 69, no. 1. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> This looks at how mothers and young children talk about gender, to discover the potential role of language in fostering gender stereotypes. Mothers and their sons/daughters, who were 2-1/2, 4-1/2, or 6-1/2 years of age, were videotaped discusing a picture book that focused on gender. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mother and child.<br/>Gender identity.<br/>Sex role.<br/>Women in development.<br/>Socialization.<br/>Mother-Child Relations.<br/>Women.