Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development.
* Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
* Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
* Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
* Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
* Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting
* Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
* Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
* Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
* Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
* Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780470674499
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-470-67449-9
- Verlag: Wiley
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.11.2013
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2013
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 476 g
- Seiten: 320
- Format (B x H x T): 170 x 242 x 16 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt