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Handbook of Parenting

Volume 2 Biology and Ecology of Parenting, Second Edition

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein.

Published February 2002

Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of Parenting appears at a time that is momentous in the history of parenting. Parenting and the family are today in a greater state of flux, question, and redefinition than perhaps ever before. We are…
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Handbook of Parenting

Volume 3 Being and Becoming a Parent

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein.

Published February 2002

Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of Parenting appears at a time that is momentous in the history of parenting. Parenting and the family are today in a greater state of flux, question, and redefinition than perhaps ever before. We are…
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Handbook of Parenting

Volume 4 Social Conditions and Applied Parenting

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein.

Published February 2002

Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of Parenting appears at a time that is momentous in the history of parenting. Parenting and the family are today in a greater state of flux, question, and redefinition than perhaps ever before. We are…
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Handbook of Parenting

Volume 5: Practical Issues in Parenting

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein.

Published February 2002

Completely revised and expanded from four to five volumes, this new edition of the Handbook of Parenting appears at a time that is momentous in the history of parenting. Parenting and the family are today in a greater state of flux, question, and redefinition than perhaps ever before. We are…
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Just Living Together

Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children, and Social Policy

• Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter and Nancy S. Landale.

Published January 2002

Based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposia, Just Living Together represents one of the first systematic efforts to focus on cohabitation. The book is divided into four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of cohabitation. Part I addresses the big picture question, "…
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Stepparenting

Creating and Recreating Families in America Today

• Edited by Stanley H. Cath, and Moisy Shopper.

Published November 2001

In an era when teachers commonly report that up to half of the children in their classes come from multiple homes and have multiple caretakers, the special psychological challenges of stepparenting have never been in greater need of examination. As thoughtful clinicians have long known,…
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Father Hunger

Explorations with Adults and Children

• By James Herzog.

Published October 2001

James M. Herzog's Father Hunger: Explorations with Adults and Children will quickly take its place both as a landmark contribution to developmental psychology and as an enduring classic in the clinical literature of psychoanalysis. We live in an era when a great many children grow up without…
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Couples in Conflict

• Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter and Mari Clements.

Published April 2001

This volume is based on the presentations and discussions of a national symposium on "Couples in Conflict" that focused on family issues. A common thread throughout is that constructive conflict and negotiation are beneficial for relationships. Together, the chapters provide a foundation for…
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Does It Take A Village?

Community Effects on Children, Adolescents, and Families

• Edited by Alan Booth, and Ann C. Crouter.

Published December 2000

Does It Take a Village? focuses on the mechanisms that link community characteristics to the functioning of the families and individuals within them--community norms, economic opportunities, reference groups for assessing relative deprivation, and social support networks. Contributors underscore…
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Is There Life Without Mother?

Psychoanalysis, Biography, Creativity

• By Leonard Shengold.

Published November 2000

In this richly textured study of personal growth and creativity hemmed in by childhood disaster, Shengold compares the differing gifts and differing solutions of extraordinary talents as they seek to negotiate a universal longing to refind the mother without sliding back into neglect, abuse, and…
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