Parent-Child Relations: Context, Research, and Application (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Heath, Phyllis

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9780132657129: Parent-Child Relations: Context, Research, and Application (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0132657120 ISBN 13: 9780132657129

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

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Parent-Child Relations: History, Theory and Context, Third Edition,is the most comprehensive book available on the relationship between parent and child. The author presents the historical and cultural contexts of parent-child relations, taking a unique developmental and contextual approach to the subject, addressing parenting theory, research, and application. The text points out the similarities and differences in parent-child relations across many cultures, in age and gender, and at each stage of life. Parenting strategies are also given a great emphasis in this text, covered early on to set the stage for the later chapters that focus on parenting at different levels of development. These strategies provide guidance for parents as well as for professionals working with children and their parents or other caregivers. Changes to the third edition include an increased emphasis on the various contexts of parenting, more discussion of the role of gender in parent-child relationships as well as an expanded coverage of the role of fathers, a greater emphasis on other persons in the parental role such as foster parents and grandparents who are rearing their grandchildren, and a focus on the influence of technology on the lives of parents and children, interwoven through most of the chapters.

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This text’s unique contextual and developmental approach to parent-child relations equips students with parenting theory, research, and application, as well as in-depth coverage of parenting strategies. The third edition has been enhanced with a greater emphasis on the various contexts of parenting, more discussion of the role of gender in parent-child relationships , an expanded coverage of the role of fathers, a greater emphasis on other caregivers in the parenting role, and a focus on the influence of technology on the lives of parents and children.

About the Author:

Phyllis Heath is a professor in the Department of Human Environmental Studies at Central Michigan University. She has also taught courses for Michigan State University in Okinawa, Japan. She was educated at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where she received a B.A. in Psychology. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte she earned a MA in Human Development and Learning. She received a PhD in Child Development and Family relations at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research has focused on the ways in which parental attitudes and behaviors affect children’s social competence, factors influencing parenting patterns, and more recently, the links between parenting behaviors and adolescent depression. She has also explored beliefs and behaviors of parents in indigenous cultures in Oaxaco, Mexico and in South Africa.

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