Description
Book SynopsisShow parents how to help their children break free of the artificial limitations placed upon them by societyâs gender and cultural expectations!
This book presents both theoretical and practical ideas for integrating gender and culture into parenting. Unlike other books on the subject, this one examines interventions and activities, and suggests discussion topics that provide children with the skills to become critical consumers and thinkers. Youâll learn to help children discover and celebrate who they are, while infusing the message that they should notice and challenge exaggerated stereotypes of gender and ethnicity.
From the editor: If therapists can coach parents in helping to inoculate their children, beginning at early ages, against the negative effects of gender socialization, perhaps the work of developing equal relationships in their friendships and intimate relationships will be less taxing as they grow and mature. Additionally, as children are taught
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Parenting for the Next Gender-a-tion: Integrating Diversity in the Raising of Children: Celebrating Not Exaggerating Our Differences
- The Transmission of Values to School-Age and Young Adult Offspring: Race and Gender Differences in Parenting
- The Parenting Practices of Dual-Earner Couples Who Successfully Balance Family and Work
- Parents as Sexuality Educators: The Role of Family Therapists in Coaching Parents
- Gender Messages in Parenting Magazines: A Content Analysis
- INTERVIEWS
- Interview with Jackson Katz, EdD
- Interview with Mary Pipher
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
