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This reference book provides a summary of what we know about parents and the parent-child relationship. Through more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries, the volume synthesizes the present state of research on parenting.

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This study addresses the two most controversial issues in surrogate motherhood: the commercial aspect of the practice and the issue of parental rights. The commercial aspect of surrogacy makes it a potentially profitable business, not only for the surrogates but also for the brokers who facilitate the arrangements.

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A team of researcher-clinicians from the Center for Family Learning offers a carefully articulated, clinically tested model for treating a broad range of family marital problems.

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Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. This book presents the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. It explores issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units.

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The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide to understanding the Latino family in the United States and to describe the personal, political, historical, and sacred choices available in creating a freer and more fruitful family life.

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The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide to understanding the Latino family in the United States and to describe the personal, political, historical, and sacred choices available in creating a freer and more fruitful family life.

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This scholarly and personal exploration of what it is like to grow up feeling unloved describes personality types and syndromes that often manifest, regardless of whether the family unit was "dysfunctional" or not.

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Describes trends that signal societal changes in household composition, family structure, and women's working patterns. Interprets their implications for future policy planning and institutional accommodation.

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Mulroy examines how demographically diverse single mothers (in terms of race, class, marital status, urban or suburban location, educational level, and employment status) experience dual roles as sole family breadwinner and sole resident parent in the 1990s environment of scarce resources.

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Mulroy examines how demographically diverse single mothers (in terms of race, class, marital status, urban or suburban location, educational level, and employment status) experience dual roles as sole family breadwinner and sole resident parent in the 1990s environment of scarce resources.

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Study showing that parenthood, rather than marriage, is the mechanism through which moral principles are converted into legal and social obligations.

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Study showing that parenthood, rather than marriage, is the mechanism through which moral principles are converted into legal and social obligations.

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This sociopolitical study shows why patriarchy has been the dominant pattern in Algeria, in spite of colonialism, revolutionary war, and the implementation of state socialism after independence.

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While society may applaud middle and upper class women who decide to stay home to raise their children, there exists a decided abhorrence for single mothers, welfare queens, who collect public funds but do not work.

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In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. Challenging this view, this book shows how we use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties, especially intimate ties, to others, thus opening a window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.

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In recent years, the appropriate role of government in society has been subjected to a sweeping re-evaluation throughout the world. The essays which make up this volume examine a variety of aspects of this topic as it applies to family policy in the United States.

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The authors contend that men who cheat on their wives exhibit the same signs along the way, following the same script. Based on interviews with 100 people, Landers and Mainzer spell out what signs to look for, red flags that might not have been noticed, and how to turn the tide of disaster before it's too late.

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A landmark study of two-career parents, and a compassionate inside view of ten couples struggling to find time and energy for jobs, children and marriage.

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Draws on the experiences of women from various walks of life and circumstance, as well as the author's own, to examine the many challenges faced in the workplace and home. This title looks at how real women manage their chaotic lives - not how perfect women should.

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This work is an attempt to begin the process of closing the theoretical gap in our knowledge about ourselves, challenging the current thought on human development and behavior. Models to assess behavior and to develop individual and socially therapeutic interventions are proposed.

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Encourages and motivates grandparents to make a contribution to individual, family, and societal well-being.

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This unique and fascinating study centers on the experiences of expatriate American women married to French men, residing in France, and struggling to maintain American language and culture in their French-American children.