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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this longitudinal survey study was to investigate parent/child relationships in developmental sequence in order to understand the process of child-rearing as it happens in a fairly typical English urban community. To achieve a detailed picture of the child's behaviour in the home and its immediate surroundings. To study the mother's behaviour in relation to her child and to see how this alters and develops both in accordance with the child's objective age and in response to his idiosyncratic needs and demands. To investigate not only her observable behaviour, but also her attitudes, emotional and intellectual, towards her child. To document national practices and attitudes in relation to many different aspects of child upbringing and discipline, including the aspirations parents have for their children and their philosophical approach to issues in child upbringing.Main Topics:This dataset contains all the data for the longitudinal study at years 1, 4, 7, 11, 16 and Index data from year 7. Age 1 Mother's experience of and attitude towards birth and feeding of child, towards sleeping, toilet training and general behaviour. Actual description of child's behaviour, household arrangements, and father's participation. Abnormal birth, stitches, whether conscious, lay person present, out of bed for whole day in less than five days, relaxation exercises, help at home, breast feeding (whether enjoyed), duration of weaning, feeding schedule, advice, adequacy of diet, eating, sucking, mother's attitude to sucking/dummies. Bedtime, amount of sleep during day/night, woke during night, whether slept alone, whether shared room with family during evening, method of getting to sleep, attitude to crying, whether father attends if child cries at night, time left crying, tantrums, attitude towards tantrums, corporal punishment, toilet training, baby sitting, separation from mother. Independence of...