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Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development.

  • Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
  • Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
  • Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
  • Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
  • Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting

Future Families: Diverse Forms, Rich Possibilities

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 25/10/2013
    ISBN13: 9780470674499, 978-0470674499
    ISBN10: 0470674490

    Number of Pages: 320

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development.

    • Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families
    • Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms
    • Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts
    • Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture
    • Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our knowledge about families and parenting

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