Topics

How are Parents Doing in Our Society?

Bumpass, Larry L. "The Changing Contexts of Parenting in the United States"
Hewlett, Sylvia Ann. "Parent Power"

How are Children Doing in Our Society?

Bronfenbrenner, Urie. "Growing Chaos in the Lives of Children Youth and Families: How Can We Turn It Around?"

Children's Development: Child-Initiated, Parent-Guided

Bost, Kelly, Brian E. Vaughn, and Carrol Heller. "Secure Base Support for Social Competence: Attachment Q-sort Correlates of Security and Social Competence in a Sample of African-American Children Attending Head Start"
Leon, Irving G. "Nature in Adoptive Parenthood"
Martin, April. "Issues for Lesbian- and Gay-Parented Families"
Popenoe, David. "Married and Unmarried Parents: A Research Summary"

Parenting: How It's Done, How It Works

Bornstein, Marc H. "Refocusing on Parenting"
Larzelere, Robert E. "Combining Love and Limits in Authoritative Parenting: A Conditional Sequence Model of Disciplinary Responses"
Lerner, Richard M., E. Ree Noh, and Clancie Wilson. "The Parenting of Adolescents and Adolescents as Parents: A Developmental Contextual Perspective"

Mothering and Fathering

Bretherton, Inge. "Fathers in Postdivorce Families Seen Through the Eyes of Mothers and Children"
Bliss, Beverly. "Step Families"
Melli, Marygold S. "Protecting Children in Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings"
Weissbourd, Bernice. "Mothering"
Williams, Roger T. "Fathering: Empowering Disabled Dads"

Modeling Values for Children

Berkowitz, Marvin W., and John H. Grych. "Fostering Goodness: Teaching Parents to Facilitate Children's Moral Development"
Cantor, Joanne. "Media and Parents: Protecting Children from Harm"
Nathanson, Amy, and Joanne Cantor. "Protecting Children from Harmful Television: TV Ratings and the V-chip"
Pekarsky, Daniel. "The Role of Culture in Moral Development"
Popenoe, David. "We Are What We See: The Family Conditions for Modeling Values for Children"
Simpson, A. Rae. "The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education"

Supportive Families and Neighborhoods

Newton, Judith Sperling. "The Battle for the Best Interests of the Grandchild"
Poe, Lenora M. "Connecting the Bridges: Grandparenting Grandchildren"
Robertson, Anne S. "What are the issues that confront high-risk families; how can organizations such as ERIC and the National Parent Information Network help?"
Schorr, Lisbeth B. "Parenthood Requires Supportive Neighborhoods and Communities"
Westman, Jack C. "Grandparenthood"

Community Resources for Families

Adams, Diane. "The Parent Maze: Searching for Childcare in the United States"
Benson, Ben. "The Child, the Parent and the School"
Graue, M. Elizabeth. "Representing Relationships Between Parents and Schools: Making Visible the Force of Theory"
Heath, Harriet. "Choosing Parenting Curricula Based on the Interests, Needs, and Preferences of the Parents Who Will Use It"
McDonald, Lynn. "A Multi-Family Approach: Families and Schools Together (FAST) Builds Protective Factors In Potentially Neglectful Families"
Olson, Nancy. "Respite: a Positive and Powerful Piece to Strengthening Families"
Powell, Douglas R. "Issues in Evaluating Parenting Curricula"
Pridham, Karen, Rana Limbo, and Michele Schroeder. "Support of Family Caregiving for Children with Special Needs"
Thomas, Ruth, and Orapan Footrakoon. "What Curricular Perspectives Can Tell Us About Parent Education Curricula"

Policies Needed to Support Parenthood

Family-Centered Care Work Group. "Work Group Report"
Family Support Networks Work Group. "Work Group Report"
Garbarino, James. "Supporting Parents in a Socially Toxic Environment"
National Parent Educators' Organization Work Group "Work Group Report"
National Parents' Organization Work Group. "Work Group Report"
Westman, Jack C. "Society's Stake in Parenthood"

Parenthood and Changing Patterns of Employment

Hoffman, Lois Wladis. "The Effects of the Mother's Employment on the Family and the Child"

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