Sociology: Family & Relationships

When Jennifer Case became pregnant unexpectedly with her second child, she was overwhelmed at the prospect of caring for another child in a society...

A provocative critique of transnational, trans-racial adoption from a critical race and feminist perspective and a vision for reform

To examine the science, policy, and practice surrounding supporting family and community investments in young children globally and children in acu...

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familywhich includes all primary caregiversare at the f...

High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to positive child development and has the potential...

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary is based on the original study From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Early Childhood Developmen...

Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development is a critical foundation for a productive adulthood. Much is known about strategies to ...

With rapidly rising rates of mental health disorders, changing patterns of occurrence, and increasing levels of morbidity, the need for a better un...

Adolescence is a dynamic time for both brain development and social pressures, making it a critical period to understand mental, emotional, and beh...

Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put...

Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as the diagnosis of mental illness, the recognition of...

With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, E...

Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them for adulthood. Prevention and intervention progra...

This book studies children's wellbeing from the perspective of Ethiopian immigrant families in Israel. It examines how the meeting of cultures with...

Family life has changed rapidly over the past 60 years. David Goodhart asks whether this transformation has been an unalloyed good. Increased oppor...

As artificial reproductive technologies become available to populations that have previously not had access to them, this book asks how reproductio...

Die bereits in zehnter Auflage erscheinende Einführung vermittelt in einer verständlichen, für Studium und Lehre geeigneten Form die wichtigsten Th...

First published in 1992, Wedding Cakes and Cultural History is a unique contribution to the anthropology of food, tracing the fascinating history o...

This book examines how gender and class discourses shape 'musical mothering' by incorporating knowledges from sociology, psychology, cultural studi...

The definitive reference on the anthropology of death and dying, expanded with new contributions covering everything from animal mourning to mortua...

Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood....

Future Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increa...

An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religions The Wiley-Blackwell Co...

Despite the pivotal role played by parents in the child protection process, little attention has been paid to how social workers perceive them. Exp...

Despite the pivotal role played by parents in the child protection process, little attention has been paid to how social workers perceive them. Exp...

This book is about the urgent need to have time for health. It's about why people dont exercise, rest or eat healthy food even when they know they ...

This open access edited volume focuses on the representations, perceptions, and experiences of women who do not have children against the backdrop ...

Marriages central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread Americ...

As global rates of autism diagnosis rise, dominant cultural representations continue to define autism as a tragic neurological disorder. And mother...

The effects of social media can be observed particularly in relation to the religious commitment and religious practices of young people - who toda...