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Future Families

Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities

Ross D Parke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:25th Oct '13

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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
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Link to review in Issuu.com - Winter 2014

“The book is best thought of as a stimulus to new  conversations about our conception of families and an exploration of the implications of changing family forms for children’s development.”  (Society for Research in Child Development, 1 January 2014)

ISBN: 9780470674499

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 16mm

Weight: 476g

320 pages