When Your Gay Or Lesbian Child Marries - A Guide for Parents

Informationen zum Autor Deborah M. Merrill is professor of sociology at Clark University. She is the author of Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law: Understanding the Relationship and What Makes Them Friends or Foe and Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family, and Care Giving in Middle And Working Class Families. She is also the author of When Your Children Marry How Marriage Changes Relationships with Sons and Daughters. Klappentext As more and more same-sex couples marry, their parents may need to learn new strategies for continuing healthy relationships with their children and their partners. This book offers a guide to understanding same-sex marriage and, through firsthand accounts, how natal family relationships change, yet can be loving and supportive. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. "Coming Out" 3. Relationships between Parents and Their Gay and Lesbian Children 4. The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage on Parent and Adult Child Relationships 5. Why Marry and the Division of Labor in the Home 6. Gay and Lesbian Couples Raising Children 7. The Effect of Sexual Orientation on the Couple's Marriage 8. Same-Sex Marriage and the Extended Family 9. "Doing Family" and Advice to Families 10. Conclusion Appendix 1: Methodology

Product details

• Authors: Deborah M Merrill, Deborah M. Merrill
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2016
• EAN: 9781442254183
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5418-3
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, Intergenerational Relationships, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships