The chapters in this volume focus on parents' abilities and choices regarding investments in their children. Parents differ in terms of the resources they have available with which to invest, the choices they make, and the behaviors they engage in. Questions posed in this volume address the extents to which child investments derive from resources relative to behaviors, how resources and behaviors are related and allocated and whether they can compensate for one another.

Chapter 1 Family Process Investments That Matter for Child Well-Being, Robert H. Bradley, Robert F. Corwyn; Chapter 2 Family Investment and Child and Adolescent Adjustment, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, David Reiss; Chapter 3 Family Influences on Children's Verbal Ability, Robert T. Michael; Chapter 4 The Long-Term Impact of Parental Organization and Efficiency, Rachel Dunifon, Greg J. Duncan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Chapter 5 Family Investments in Response to the Developmental Challenges of Young Children with Disabilities, Michael J. Guralnick; Chapter 6 Investments in Children Among Immigrant Families, Andrew J. Fuligni, Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Chapter 7 Investments in Sons and Daughters, Shelly Lundberg, Elaina Rose; Chapter 8 Expenditure Decisions in Single-Parent Households, Shelly Kathleen M., Ariel Kalil, Thomas DeLeire; Chapter 9 Parent- Versus Child-Based Intervention Strategies for Promoting Children's Well-Being, Katherine A. Magnuson, Greg J. Duncan; Chapter 10 A Cross-National Perspective on Policies to Promote Investments in Children, Jane Waldfogel;