The Process Of Parenting

by Brooks, Jane B.

• ISBN13: 9780073131450
• ISBN10: 0073131458
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Using a process approach, this in-depth introduction to parenting children from birth through adolescence includes the theories and practical strategies for how parents and caregivers can establish secure and close emotional relationships with their children. The book focuses on two basic tasks of parenting: creating close emotional relationships with children and establishing effective limits for children. It shows how parents carry out these tasks with children of different ages and with changing life circumstances (i.e. working parents, divorce). Each chapter includes a section on the joys of parenting, reinforcing the positive aspects of being a parent.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

General Concepts, Goals, And Strategies Of Parenting

Parenting Is a Process

Seeking Guidance

Cultural Influences on Parenting

Nuturing Close Emotional Relationships

Supporting Children's Growth and Development

Parenting At Developmental Stages

Becoming Parents

Parenting Infants: The Years from Birth to Two

Parenting in Early Childhood: The Years from Two to Five

Parenting Elementary School Children

Parenting Early Adolescents

Parenting Late Adolescents

Parenting Adults

Parenting In Varying Life Circumstances

Parenting and Working

Parenting in Diverse Family Structures

Parenting at Times of Loss or Trauma

Notes

Credits

Index

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