TY - BOOK AU - Gelman,Susan A. TI - Mother-child conversations about gender: understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs T2 - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development PY - 2004/// CY - Boston PB - Blackwell Publishing KW - Mother and child KW - Gender identity KW - Sex role KW - Women in development KW - Socialization KW - Mother-Child Relations KW - Women N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - 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 ER -