Parenting: A Dynamic Perspective

Preface Acknowledgments PART I: UNDERSTANDING PARENTS AND CHILD REARING 1: INTRODUCTION: FROM BELIEFS TO EVIDENCE Parenting Beliefs Throughout History Sources of Beliefs about Parenting Parenting Research Findings 2: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PARENTING Introduction to Theory Major Theories of Parent-Child Relationships Narrow Theories 3: APPROACHES TO PARENTING RESEARCH Multiple Approaches Comparing Approaches 4: THE CONTROVERSY OF PARENTAL INFLUENCE Historical Evidence About Parental Influence Associations Between Parenting and Children?s Outcomes The Human Behavioral Genetics Challenge A New Perspective on How Parents Matter Trajectories and Development 5: DETERMINANTS OF PARENTING Categories of Determinants Cultural and Distal Determinants Contextual Determinants Stable Characteristics Determinants Situational Determinants Interrelations Among Determinants PART II: PARENTING AND DEVELOPMENT 6: BECOMING A PARENT Deciding to Have a Child Getting Pregnant, Staying Pregnant, and Encountering Problems Labor and Childbirth The Preterm Newborn Transitioning to Parenthood Parenting the Newborn The Problem of Infant Mortality Ethical Issues 7: PARENTING: FROM INFANCY THROUGH THE PRESCHOOL YEARS Parenting an Infant Parenting a Toddler Parenting a Preschooler 8: PARENTING: THE MIDDLE-CHILDHOOD YEARS Parents and Within-Family Interactions Parents and External Influences 9: PARENTING: ADOLESCENTS Adolescent Development in the Context of the Home Problems for Adolescents and their Parents How Parents Help Teens Navigate Adolescence PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 10: PARENTING IN NONTRADITIONAL FAMILIES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS Nontraditional Families Parenting in Special Populations 11: CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON PARENTING Cultural Diversity Among North American Parents Parenting in Minority Groups Parenting in Different Countries Religion and Parenting 12: CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHEN PARENTING GOES AWRY Child Maltreatment Through History The Four Faces of Maltreatment Maltreatment Across Time and Country Protecting Maltreated Children: Foster Parents 13: SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES The Changing American Family Do the Math: Economic Costs of Family Problems Social Policy Responses Controversial Social Policy Ideas Appendix: Journals That Frequently Publish Studies Pertaining to Parenting Glossary References Author Index Subject Index About the Author