Parenting in Modern Societies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva, Teresa.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : IntechOpen, 2023.

Summary:

This book debates the high impact modern societies have on the way we raise children.Although problems such as family dysfunction, work-family imbalance, and migration due to war, violence, and poverty are not new, their consequences for children's well-being and mental health are aggravated by the lack of effective social support networks.

Contents:

Parenting in Modern Societies

Contents

Preface

Section 1 Outcasts in an AdultWorld

Chapter1 Introductory Chapter: Parenting, a Natural and Culturally Defined Role

Chapter2 The Impact of Dysfunctional Families on the Mental Health of Children

Chapter3 Parenting and Work-Family Balance in theTwenty-First Century

Chapter4 Desolate Childhoods: The Surrender of the AdultWorld - Notes from the Pandemic of SARS-CoV-2

Chapter5 Children's Rights (Absent) in Universal Parenting Training

Section 2 Migration and Child Rearing

Chapter6 Communication inTimes of Uncertainty and Loss: Refugee Parents in Interaction with Kindergartens and Schools

Chapter7 Mitigating the Unmet Psychosocial Support Needs of Left-behind Learners in Child-Headed Households: Exploring'Educare' Support at a Zimbabwean School

Chapter8 The Effectiveness of Foster Care Arrangements for Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Zimbabwe: A Case of Children under Foster Care in Dulibadzimu, Beitbrigde.

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