Table of Contents
Preface vii
I Introduction
1 Lives through Time 3
II The Child as the Father of the Man
2 Moving Against the World, Moving Away from the World 29
3 To Be or Not to Be Self-Controlled 52
4 ADHD in Childhood and Adulthood 71
III The Family
5 Why Parents Parent the Way They Do 91
6 Troubled Families and Bad Boys 111
7 Early-Maturing Girls, Troubled Families, and Bad Boys 131
IV Beyond the Family
8 Good News and Bad News about Day Care 153
9 What about Neighborhoods? 178
10 Bullying 199
11 Early and Persistent Cannabis Use 219
V Genetics
12 Is Smoking in Our Genes? 235
13 Genetics of Life Success? 254
14 Child Maltreatment, Genotype, and Violent Male Behavior 271
15 Life Stress, Genotype, and Depression in Young Adulthood 287
16 Epigenetics, or Genes as Dependent Variables 300
VI Aging in Midlife
17 Childhood Adversity and Physical Health in Midlife 323
18 Biological Embedding of Childhood Adversity 338
19 Aging Fast, Aging Slow 357
VII Conclusion
20 Miles to Go Before We Sleep 373
Bibliography 389
Index 399