Contemporary Parenting - Challenges and Issues

This edited volume addresses one of the central issues of family studies - parenting. Terry Arendell uses the social constructionist and the feminist lens to examine current controversies and issues of interest to family professionals and students. This important new volume deals with the history and demography of parenthood, parenting styles and structures, and issues of parenting within the broader community and policy context.

List of contents

A Social Constructionist Approach to Parenting - Terry Arendell
Parenting in American Society - Maris Vinovskis and Stephen Frank
An Historical Overview of the Colonial Period through the 19th Century
Whös Parenting? - Ronald Taylor
Trends and Patterns
Doing Parenting - Demie Kurz
Mother, Carework, and Policy
The New Father - Kathleen Gerson
Divorce and Remarriage - Terry Arendell
Gay and Lesbian Families - Katherine Allen
Children and Gender - Scott Coltrane and Michele Adams
Employment and Child Care - Jennifer Glass and Sarah Estes
An Agenda for Family Policy in the United States - George Martin

Summary

This work examines and redefines parenting roles by addressing such issues as: divorce and remarriage; gender roles; employment and child care; gay and lesbian parenting; changes in fathering; and family policies and policy needs.

Product details

• Authors: Terry Arendell, Terry J. Arendell, Arendell Terry
• Assisted by: Terry Arendell (Editor), Terry J. Arendell (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.1997
• EAN: 9780803972698
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7269-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Understanding Families (Paperb; Understanding Families Series; Understanding Families (Paperb; Understanding Families
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories