All Our Families New Policies for a New Century

Name: All Our Families New Policies for a New Century
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ISBN: 9780195108316

ISBN-10: 0195108310

ISBN-13: 9780195108316

Edition: 1998

Authors: Mary Ann Mason, Arlene Skolnick, Stephen D. Sugarman

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Debates about the family have often focused on the idealized family of the 1950s-middle class - two parents & two children. This book looks at the majority of American families who do not live this ideal, including divorced families & step-families.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/26/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.40" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Preface


Authors



Introduction




Single-Parent Families




Families Started by Teenagers




Children of Divorce: A Society in Search of Policy




The Modern American Stepfamily: Problems and Possibilities




Ambiguous-Father Families




Gay and Lesbian Families: Queer Like Us




A Sign of Family Disorder? Changing Representations of Parental Kidnapping




New Families: Modern Couples as New Pioneers




Working Families: Hearth to Market




Immigrant Families




Abusive and Neglecting Parents and the Care of Their Children




Solomon's Children: The New Biologism, Psychological Parenthood, Attachment Theory, and the Best Interests Standard