The Parental Experience in Midlife
University of Chicago Press, 1996
Cloth: 978-0-226-73251-0
Library of Congress Classification HQ1059.4.P37 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.874
Cloth: 978-0-226-73251-0
Library of Congress Classification HQ1059.4.P37 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.874
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Most adults experience parenthood. But the longest period of the parental experience—when children grow into adolescence and young adulthood and parents themselves are not yet elderly—is the least understood. In this groundbreaking volume, distinguished scholars from anthropology, demography, economics, psychology, social work, and sociology explore the uncharted years of midlife parenthood. The authors employ a rich array of theory and methods to address how the parental experience affects the health, well-being, and development of individuals. Collectively, they look at the time when parents watch offspring grow into adulthood and begin to establish adult-to-adult relationships with their children.
With a strong emphasis on the diversity of midlife parenting, including sociodemographic variations and specific parent or child characteristics such as single parenting or raising a child with a disability, this volume presents for the first time the complex factors that influence the quality of the midlife parenting experience.
With a strong emphasis on the diversity of midlife parenting, including sociodemographic variations and specific parent or child characteristics such as single parenting or raising a child with a disability, this volume presents for the first time the complex factors that influence the quality of the midlife parenting experience.
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