Full Description
Parenting: A Dynamic Perspective explores the interaction between parents and children as they shape each other over time. George Holden and Amanda Harrist present the latest interdisciplinary research on parenting in an engaging and accessible manner.
Contents
PART ONE. Setting the Stage
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Parenting
3. Determinants of Parenting
PART TWO. PARENTING AND DEVELOPMENT
4. Becoming a Parent
5. Parenting Infants and Toddlers
6. Parenting Preschoolers
7. Parenting During the Middle Childhood Years
8. Parenting Adolescents
Part Three. Parenting Today
9. Parenting Adult Children
10. Parenting in its Contemporary Forms
11. Parents at Risk
12. Parenting Across Cultures
13. Cultural Diversity in U.S. Parents
14. Child Maltreatment: When Parenting Goes Awry
15. Parents and Social Policy