Parent-Child Relations : An Introduction to Parenting

by Bigner, Jerry J.

• ISBN13: 9780136020387
• ISBN10: 0136020380
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Emphasizing the use of family systems theory to explain how the relationship between parents and children functions and operates, this text has been updated to examine parenting children issues in a contemporary society. Discussions of a family life career model, the family life spiral model, and of developmental change theories that relate to parent-child relationships, such as Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, are presented. Explores the issues that parents face from their child's conception through early adulthood, making this a rich resource for those wishing to explore the complexities of parent-child relationships.

Table of Contents

PART I An Introduction to Parenting	1	(186)
CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Parent-Child Relations	3	(32)
CHAPTER 2 The Diversity of Contemporary American Families	35	(56)
CHAPTER 3 Perspectives on the Parenting Process: Family Systems Theory	91	(36)
CHAPTER 4 Perspectives on the Parenting Process: Developmental Frameworks	127	(22)
CHAPTER 5 Strategies of Contemporary Parenting	149	(38)
PART II Developmental Interaction in the Child Rearing Years	187	(210)
CHAPTER 6 Childbirth and the Newborn	189	(38)
CHAPTER 7 Developmental Interaction In Infancy	227	(46)
CHAPTER 8 Developmental Interaction in Early Childhood	273	(40)
CHAPTER 9 Developmental Interaction in Middle Childhood	313	(44)
CHAPTER 10 Developmental Interaction in Adolescence and Early Adulthood	357	(40)
PART III Challenging Issues of Contemporary Parenting	397	(164)
CHAPTER 11 Parenting in the Single-Parent Family System	399	(42)
CHAPTER 12 Parenting in Stepfamily Systems	441	(22)
CHAPTER 13 Parenting in High-Risk Families	463	(60)
CHAPTER 14 Special Concerns of Parenting	523	(38)
APPENDIX	561	(14)
NAME INDEX	575	(16)
SUBJECT INDEX	591