Child Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology

Several settings interact to steer children's emotional and behavioral development. In early infancy, personal family networks are important in these contexts; as children grow, their social worlds expand to include daycare and school settings, as well as interactions with friends and classmates. Each of these structures, as well as the interactions within and between them, has an impact on children's growing capabilities.
Each is also entrenched in, and influenced by, larger social and cultural influences, and by employing models in access to social and material resources.