Future families : diverse forms, rich possibilities / Ross D. Parke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parke, Ross D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development. Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cult

Contents:

Future Families: Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1 Challenges to the Ideal Family Form; The Myth of the Historical Baseline; From Past to Present; Meet the Families; The Evans: The "Ideal" Nuclear Family; The Millers: The Dual Career, Outsourcing Family; Baker-Ashe: The Cohabitating Family; The Winstons: The Single-Mother-by-Choice Family; The Fuller Family: The Adolescent Mother Family; The Tremblay-Bailey Family: The Stepparent Family; Standish-McCLoud: The Lesbian Parent Family; The Lewin Family: The Reverse Role Family

The Darcys: The Assisted Reproductive Technology Family The Dorados: The Extended Family; The Benningtons and the Winfields: The Intergenerational Families; How Did We Get Here? The Changing Historical Context of Families; Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Interdependent Model of Contemporary Parenting; Many Forms of Shared Child Responsibility; Families Do Not Exist in a Social Vacuum: Parents, Extra Familial Partners, and the Development of Social Capital; Some Further Guiding Assumptions; Process and Form Need to Be Considered for Understanding Families; The Goals of Family Socialization

Different Cultures, Different Families Different Ethnicities, Different Families; Many Disciplines Are Necessary to Understand the Variety of Family Forms; A Developmental Perspective on Families Is Useful; A Brief Orientation to the Goals of the Book; 2 Changing Parental Roles: The Sharing and Redistribution of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Families; Setting the Stage for the New Roles in Contemporary Families; To Work or Not to Work: The Implications of the Rise of Maternal Employment; The Emergence of Fathers as More Equal and Competent Caregivers

Who Benefits from Increased Father Involvement? Mothers, Fathers, and Children Too No Reason to Worry: Fathers, Not Just Mothers, are Biologically Prepared for Parenting; Another Reason Not to Worry about Paternal Caregiving: Fathers Are Competent Caregivers; A Matter of Play: Do Mothers and Fathers Provide Unique Experiences for Their Children?; How Mutable Are These Stylistic Differences?; A Further Challenge to the "Ideal" Family Form: The Reverse Role Family; And the Children Are Fine Too When Mom Goes to Work and Children Go to Child Care; Reflections

3 Further Assaults on the "Ideal" Family Form: Divorce, Remarriage, Single Parenthood, and Cohabitation The Changing Face of Divorce; What Causes Divorce?; The Consequences of Divorce; Who Is Affected Most?; Divorce and the Single-Parent Household; Does Custody Matter?; Not All Divorced Families Are Alike: Why Some Families Work Better Than Others; Remarriage: Harmful or Helpful?; Not All Single-Parent Families Are a Result of Divorce: The Rise of Other Types of Single-Parent Families; Two Profiles of Single-Mother Families; Poor Single Mothers; The Fate of Children in Single-Parent Families?

Not All Poor Single Moms Are Alike

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118602355

1118602358

9781118602362

1118602366

9780470674499

0470674490

9781118602386

1118602382

OCLC:

862793492