The Code: Living with Genetic Abnormalities
When a child with a genetic or other abnormality is born, parents need information as well as support from the medical community. Even the same genetic disease like cystic fibrosis will vary in. its clinical severity. The doctor's main task is to he...
Recognition in the Formation of Self
Philosopher Charles Taylor talks about ways in which one's identity is worked out with other people. He discusses the paramount importance of recognition, by which he means acceptance for what you are by people that really matter. An example in chil...
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.: Parental Influence on Children
Parents usually exert a greater influence on their children than any other single factor. They serve as role models, communicate values, and shape the child's experiences.
Parents and Children.: Parenting and Adolescence
Adolescence is the stage of life between childhood and adulthood. It is often a time of great confusion and conflicting emotions, both for adolescents and their parents.
Parents and Children.: Gay and Lesbian Parenting
Profile of "Our Family Coalition," an organization that serves families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members in the San Francisco Bay area.
Changing Families: Role of Family and Social Change, The
Despite enormous changes in the forms that families may take, family as an institution somehow endures and continues to play a uniquely important role in society.
Family History: Modern Family Juggles Responsibilities
Parents in a modern day blended family juggle their parenting responsibilities with professional obligations.
Changing Families: Impact of the Family
An Arab-American family in Dearborn, Michigan, a lesbian couple and their daughter in San Francisco, California, and a family living among the Amish in Pennsylvania are profiled. They illustrate how living in a family has an enormous impact on nea...
Case For Education, The
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the state of education in the United States. Secretary Reich notes that most money for primary and secondary education comes from local property taxes. The result, he says, ...