Nurturance, Parenting, and Caregiving

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Reading Guide
    1. Chapter Learning Objectives
    2. Key Terms Preview
    3. Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Reading Guide
  2. Nurturance: Caring for Others
    1. Comprehension Self Check
    2. Licenses and Attributions for Nurturance: Caring for Others
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
    3. References
  3. Family and Parenting Theories and Perspectives
    1. The Ecological Systems Theory
    2. Attachment Theory
    3. Nature and Nurture
    4. Baumrind’s Four Styles of Parenting
    5. Concerted Cultivation and Natural Growth
    6. Comprehension Self Check
    7. Licenses and Attributions for Family and Parenting Theories and Perspectives
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved
    8. References
  4. Changing Demographics
    1. Declining Birth, Fertility, and Fecundity Rates
    2. Single Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Stepparenting
    3. Multigenerational Families and Changing Life Expectancy
    4. Comprehension Self Check
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Changing Demographics
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
    6. References
  5. Public Policy and Parenting
    1. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
    2. Disrupted Attachment at the United States–Mexico Border
    3. Disrupted Attachment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    4. Immigrant and Refugee Families
    5. Justice-Involved Families
    6. Comprehension Self Check
    7. Licenses and Attributions for Public Policy and Parenting
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved
    8. References
  6. Family Forms and Functions
    1. Families without Children
      1. Childless or Childfree?
    2. Same-Sex Parenting
    3. In Focus: Science Twins
    4. Foster and Adoptive Families
    5. Families with Disabled Members
    6. In Focus: Dreaming of Juniper
    7. Poverty
    8. COVID-19 Pandemic
    9. Comprehension Self Check
    10. Licenses and Attributions for Family Forms and Functions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
    11. References
  7. Looking Ahead: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
    1. Licenses and Attributions for Looking Ahead: The Child Traumatic Stress Network
      1. Open Content, Original
  8. Going Deeper
    1. Want to Learn More?
    2. Reflective Questions
    3. Key Terms
    4. Activity: Esther’s Story
      1. Discussion Questions
    5. Licenses and Attributions for Going Deeper
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. References

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