Authors: Jerry J. Bigner
ISBN-13: 9780135002193, ISBN-10: 0135002192
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: January 2009
Edition: 8th Edition
Jerry J. Bigner, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523, and retired in 2004 after 36 years of service in higher education. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of life-span human development, parent-child relations, theories of human development and family studies, marriage and family relationships, early childhood education, and research methods in human development and family studies. He also has completed all course work and practicum requirements in marriage and family therapy and continues to work towards licensure in this area. His text, Parent-Child Relations, is now in its 8th edition, and he has two published texts in life-span human development and family studies. He is the author or co-author of over 50 research articles focusing primarily on parent-child relations as well as relationship and family therapy issues. He is Editor of the Journal of GLBT Family Studies and serves on Editorial Board of the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. He is a research member of the American Family Therapy Academy and is a member of the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. Bigner is a 2005 Centennial Laureate Award recipient of the College of Human Sciences, Florida State University. He also is the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient of the College of Human Sciences, Florida State University.
The world has changed since the first edition of this pioneering text was published in 1979, and with it the context of parenting has changed. Parents today must not just help their children learn socialization, but also teach them the skills and abilities they need to cope with the rapidly changing society of their future. Using the family systems model, the author explains how families function, how they strive to maintain stability over time, and how they change and adapt as children grow up.
The book offers the following pedagogical tools to help students prepare for their roles as professionals working with parents and families as well as becoming parents themselves:
New To This Edition:
NEW: Includes expanded coverage of attachment between parents and children–Explains how it affects development of both adults and children.
NEW! Gives a much greater emphasis on the cultural context of parenting throughout and especially in Chapters 1 and 2–Describes how parenting is shaped by family ecological and cultural factors.
This introductory textbook on parenting outlines the roles of parents, discusses developmental interaction, and identifies the challenges to contemporary parenting. Specific chapters discuss the ethnic diversity of contemporary families, parenting strategies, theoretical perspectives, the various stages of childhood, and different family systems. Among the challenges discussed are adoption, homosexuality, and children with special needs. Bigner teaches human development and family studies at Colorado State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PART I PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS IN SOCIAL CONTEXT
CHAPTER 1 Ecology of Parent-Child Relations
CHAPTER 2 Cultural Perspectives
CHAPTER 3 Theoretical Perspectives on Parent-Child Relations
CHAPTER 4 Parenting Strategies
PART II THE WORK OF PARENTING
CHAPTER 5 The Transition to Parenthood
CHAPTER 6 Pregnancy and Childbirth
CHAPTER 7 Parenting Infants and Toddlers
CHAPTER 8 Parenting Preschoolers
CHAPTER 9 Parenting School-Age Children
CHAPTER 10 Parenting Adolescents and Young Adults
PART III CHALLENGES FOR CONTEMPORARY PARENTS AND CHILDREN
CHAPTER 11 Parenting in Single-Parent Family Systems
CHAPTER 12 Parenting in Stepfamily Systems
CHAPTER 13 Homosexuality and Parenting
CHAPTER 14 Adolescent Parents
CHAPTER 15 Parent-Child Relations in High-Risk Families
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