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Book SynopsisProvides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Introduction Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 1. Coming Home Elinor Ochs and Belinda Campos 2. At Home Anthony P. Graesch 3. Dinner Elinor Ochs and Margaret Beck 4. Mountains of Things Jeanne E. Arnold 5. Housework Wendy Klein, Carolina Izquierdo, and Thomas N. Bradbury 000 6. Chores Wendy Klein and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 7. Homework and Recreation Tamar Kremer-Sadlik and Kris Gutierrez 8. Nurturing Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Charles Goodwin 9. Stress Rena Repetti, Darby Saxbe, and Shu-wen Wang 10. Health as a Family Matter Linda C. Garro 11. Time for Family Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 12. The Good Enough Family Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik Appendix: The CELF Study References List of Contributors Index
