On the Significance of Social Relationships in the Development of Children’s Earliest Symbolic Play: An Ecological Perspective

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF OBJECT CATEGORIZATION IN YOUNG CHILDREN: HIERARCHICAL INCLUSIVENESS, AGE, PERCEPTUAL ATTRIBUTE, AND GROUP VERSUS INDIVIDUAL ANALYSES (2010, background): “These conclusions are further buttressed by a vast literature in the development of symbolic play (Bornstein, 2007; Gönçü & Gaskins, 2007; McCune, Dipane, Fireoved, & Fleck, 1994).”
The Importance of Play (2007, background): “We also now have extensive evidence of the inter-relationships between the complexity and sophistication of children’s play, particularly their symbolic or pretend play, and their emotional well-being (sometimes assessed through physiological measures of stress) (Bornstein (2006).”
Cultural Approaches to Parenting (2012, background): “For example, parents in some societies play with babies and see them as interactive partners, whereas parents in other societies think that it is senseless for parents to play with infants (Bornstein, 2007).”
Accounting for variability in mother-child play (2007, background): “Studies repeatedly show that imaginative, playful mothers successfully “push” children to higher levels of symbolic play (Bornstein 2006).”