ABSTRACT

Please see Volume I for a full description and table of contents for all four volumes.

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PART I: THE PARENT

chapter 1|23 pages

Mothering

chapter 2|47 pages

Fathers and Families

chapter 3|33 pages

Coparenting in Diverse Family Systems

chapter 4|32 pages

Single Parenthood

chapter 5|32 pages

Grandparenthood

chapter 6|42 pages

Adolescent Parenthood

chapter 7|38 pages

Nonparental Caregiving

chapter 8|34 pages

Sibling Caregiving

chapter 10|22 pages

Lesbian and Gay Parenthood

part |1 pages

PART II: BECOMING AND BEING A PARENT

chapter 12|26 pages

The Transition to Parenting

chapter 13|25 pages

Stages of Parental Development

chapter 14|24 pages

Personality and Parenting

chapter 18|27 pages

Parental Attributions

chapter 19|26 pages

Parental Attitudes Toward Childrearing

chapter 20|37 pages

Psychoanalysis and Parenthood