Parents and Children.: Parenting and Social Class
A family's social class is one of the factors that shapes the relationship between parents and children. In addition, there is frequently a link between social class and the kind of values and behaviors parents teach their children.
Parents and Children.: Changes in Childcare
In many families today, the job of childcare has been farmed out. While some see this as a source of serious family problems, others contend the impact of outside-the-home childcare has been mostly positive. Still, many experts contend that the ch...
Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Remarriage Compared to First Marriage
Similarities and differences between first marriages and remarriages are explored. While there are many aspects of remarriage that are similar to first-time marriage, there are often additional factors involved, especially when one or both partner...
Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Portrait of a Stepfamily
The challenges of forming a stepfamily are explored, including the process of working through the end of a previous marriage and taking on the role of stepparent.
Working: Working Women and Childcare
Finding suitable childcare has increasingly become an important issue for nearly all working parents. In large part, this has come about because massive structural changes in the U.S. economy have brought working women into the labor force in grea...
Working: Profile of a Childcare Center
The need to balance the responsibilities of childcare and employment is an ongoing challenge for most working parents. In Temecula, California, "Our Kids Childcare Center" helps parents meet that need.
To Parent or Not to Parent: Choosing to Parent
Sarit and Arnold Swanborn discuss their parenthood odyssey, including the birth of their son, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, and the decision to adopt another child.
To Parent or Not to Parent: Choosing Not to Parent
For Sherry and Roger McLean, both well educated and highly successful, the decision not to have children came about after a careful analysis of what they viewed as the pros and cons of parenthood. They decided it was more important to focus on per...
To Parent or Not to Parent: Why Couples Are Having Fewer Children
Families in the late 19th century had, on average, about six children, while the number of children per family today has dropped to only about 1.8. Some experts believe this de-coupling of marriage and childbearing has come about because children ...