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This book explores the ways adults make sense of their family lives in the midst of the complicated debates generated by politicians and social scientists. It finds that parents and siblings cultivate a family identity that both defines who they are and influences who they become.

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This book explores the ways adults make sense of their family lives in the midst of the complicated debates generated by politicians and social scientists. It finds that parents and siblings cultivate a family identity that both defines who they are and influences who they become.

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The history of Asian immigrants in Canada is more than a century old, and the number of persons of Asian descent has more than doubled over the past fifteen years, yet until now there has been no systematic study of these Asian-born Canadians.

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Psychological abuse can be as damaging to the psyche as physical abuse can be to the body, yet little is written about this common problem. The author addresses the questions of how and why these women are abused, how the abuse starts and progresses, and in what ways does the process differ from that of physical abuse

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This classic work, first published in 1928, concentrates on the cultivation of the technique of eroticism as an art in marriage. It sets the sexual relationship in the nostalgic prose of a more leisured age.

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Drawing on over 100 interviews, Identical Twins explores the unique status of twinship and its affects on personal and familial relationships with siblings, romantic partners, and friends. This book is a must-read for family scholars and psychologists.

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Suggests that understanding the impact of the illness lies not in identifying deficiencies, but in appreciating how family members carry on with their lives in the face of the disease's intrusion. This book focuses on the lives of those who live in the shadow of chronic illness: the parents and well siblings of children who have cystic fibrosis.

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Starting with questions about how to incorporate Chinese culture and custom into the lives of their adopted daughters Emily and Claire, the authors began a year-long search for answers. The result is a detailed examination of the post-adoptive views, actions, and experiences of a national sample of

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The authors (occupational studies, U. of Georgia and teacher of special education at a middle school and parents of adopted Chinese children) discuss the many issues involved in raising adoptive Chinese children in the US, focusing on intercultural issues. The authors synthesize current literature o

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Without being prescriptive, this book offers examples of the successes and failures, struggles and triumphs of such religiously mixed families, shedding light on new ways to approach everyday situations and major life decisions.

The couples whose stories are found in these pages describe how they tackled these topics.

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Drawing upon the experiences of dozens of triad members - adopted persons, birthparents, and adoptive parents - the authors offer insight into the concerns, issues, joys, and pain experienced by those whose lives are framed by adoption.

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"Why do so many smart, career-oriented, even ardently feminist women end up with nearly sole responsibility for running their households and raising their children Why does it happen even in couples w"

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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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This volume presents research examining parental beliefs and practices of Latino families from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds in the United States.

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Nearly all studies of drug use and abuse approach the questions quantitatively without listening to the experiences of individuals living in cultures where drug use is notoriously problematic.

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A qualitative feminist analysis of college women and how they used drugs and rationalized that use.

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An in-depth look at gay and lesbian parenting in America

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This book draws on qualitative interviews with lesbian, gay, and bisexual people regarding whether and how they came to have children.

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This book draws on qualitative interviews with lesbian, gay, and bisexual people regarding whether and how they came to have children.

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Letting Go of Perfect gives parents and teachers the guidance and support they need to help children break free of the anxieties and behaviors related to perfectionism.

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"Interdisciplinary studies on the position of love in contemporary global thought and literature that address love and care work within social structures and institutions"--

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