Volume 2 of the Handbook of Parenting relates parenting to its biological roots and sets parenting in its ecological framework.

Marc H. Bornstein is Senior Investigator, Head of Child and Family Research, and Head of the Imaging and Behavioral Determinants of Development Affinity Group at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He holds a BA from Columbia College, MS and PhD degrees from Yale University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Padua and University of Trento. Bornstein is President of the Society for Research in Child Development and has held faculty positions at Princeton University and New York University as well as academic appointments in Munich, London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Bamenda, Seoul, Trento, Santiago, Bristol, and Oxford. Bornstein is author of several children's books, videos, and puzzles in The Child's World and Baby Explorer series, Editor Emeritus of Child Development and founding Editor of Parenting: Science and Practice, and consultant for governments, foundations, universities, publishers, scientific journals, the media, and UNICEF. He has published widely in experimental, methodological, comparative, developmental, and cultural science as well as neuroscience, pediatrics, and aesthetics.

Part I: Biology of Parenting 1. The Evolution of Parenting and Evolutionary Approaches to Childrearing David F. Bjorklund and Alyson Myers 2. Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals Aya Dudin, Patrick McGowan, Ruiyong Wu, Alison S. Fleming, and Ming Li 3. Parenting in Nonhuman Primates Kim A. Bard 4. Genetics and Parenting Amanda V. Broderick and Jenae M. Neiderhiser 5. Prenatal Parenting David A. Coall, Anna C. Callan, Julie Sartori, and James S. Chisholm 6. The Social Neuroendocrinology of Human Parenting Ruth Feldman 7. Neurobiology of Human Parenting Eloise A. Stark, Alan Stein, Katherine S. Young, Christine E. Parsons, and Morten L. Kringelbach Part II: Ecology of Parenting 8. Ancient History of Parenting Valerie French 9. Modern History of Parenting Peter Stearns 10. Epidemiology of Parenting Rebecca M. Pearson, Miguel Cordero, and Priya Rajyaguru 11. Neighborhoods and Parenting Elizabeth A. Shuey and Tama Leventhal 12. Parent Education Attainment and Parenting Pamela E. Davis-Kean, Sandra Tang, and Nicholas E. Waters 13. Socioeconomic Status and Parenting Erika Hoff and Brett Laursen 14. Culture and Parenting Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, and Wai Ying Vivien Yiu 15. Environment and Parenting Robert H. Bradley