Parent-Child Relations: An Introduction to Parenting, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (December 11, 2020) © 2019

  • Jerry J. Bigner Colorado State University, Professor Emeritus
  • Clara Gerhardt
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Table of contents

PART I: THE CONTEXT OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS
1. The Evolving Context of Parenting  
2. Approaches to Parenting  
3. Historical and Cultural Influences 
4. Theoretical Perspectives  
5. Parenting: Rights and Privileges

PART II: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS OF PARENTING 
6. The Transition to Parenthood 
7. Parenting Infants and Toddlers 
8. Parenting Preschoolers 
9. Parenting in Middle Childhood
10. Parenting Adolescents and Teens

PART III: THE CHALLENGES OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS 
11. Parenting: Family Composition and Dynamics
12. Parenting Interrupted and Fragile Families 
13. Blended and Intergenerational Family Systems 
14. Family Formation and Parenting in LGBT Contexts
15. Towards Better Outcomes

 

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