The Nature of the Child

The Nature of the Child is a 1984 book by American psychologist Jerome Kagan. In a series of essays, Kagan challenges beliefs in child rearing and developmental psychology, namely that negative or positive attachments to parents necessarily results in a child's wellbeing as they mature. Kagan argues that such beliefs are unsupported and that a child's temperament relies more on biology and cognitive development.^[1]

The Nature of the Child

Author	Jerome Kagan
Subject	Developmental psychology
Publisher	Basic Books
Publication date	1984
Pages	309
ISBN	0465048501