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The Authors
Author Biographies
About this book
In Gratitude
Epigraph
Foreword: Nana Osei-Kofi
Foreword: Amy Hofer and Michaela Willi-Hooper
Dedication
Preface
1.1 Chapter Reading Guide
1.2 The Family: A Socially Constructed Idea
1.3 A Historical Context for Today's Families
1.4 Social Identities, Social Constructions, and Families
1.5 The U.S. Government and Families
1.6 Looking Ahead: Social Structures and Kinship
1.7 Going Deeper
2.1 Chapter Reading Guide
2.2 How and Why We Study Families
2.3 Research Methods and Applications to Studying Families
2.4 Learning about Families
2.5 Social Stratification in Families
2.6 Theories, Perspectives, and Key Concepts
2.7 What Is a Social Problem?
2.8 Looking Ahead: Life Course Theory and COVID-19
2.9 Going Deeper
3.1 Chapter Reading Guide
3.2 Introduction to Connection, Love, and Community
3.3 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
3.4 Love and Union Formation
3.5 A Word about Marriage
3.6 Societal and Personal Influences on Union Formations
3.7 Union Dissolution and Divorce
3.8 Looking Ahead: Kinship and Health
3.9 Going Deeper
4.1 Chapter Reading Guide
4.2 Nurturance: Caring for Others
4.3 Family and Parenting Theories and Perspectives
4.4 Changing Demographics
4.5 Public Policy and Parenting
4.6 Family Forms and Functions
4.7 Looking Ahead: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
4.8 Going Deeper
5.1 Chapter Reading Guide
5.2 Routines, Predictability, and Families
5.3 Traditions and Rituals
5.4 Culture and Families
5.5 Cultural Identities
5.6 Looking Ahead: Biculturalism
5.7 Going Deeper
6.1 Chapter Reading Guide
6.2 Representation, Belonging, and Equity
6.3 Decision-Making and Power
6.4 Working Outside of the System: Social Movements and Activism
6.5 Looking Ahead: Looking Back to Martin Luther King Jr.
6.6 Going Deeper
7.1 Chapter Reading Guide
7.2 The Social Construction of Health
7.3 Health Equity for Families
7.4 Health and Health Insurance
7.5 Looking Ahead: Keeping Your Family Healthy
7.6 Going Deeper
8.1 Chapter Reading Guide
8.2 Housing and Homes
8.3 Power and Housing Access
8.4 Housing Inequities’ Effects on Families
8.5 Community Efforts to Improve Housing Access
8.6 Looking Ahead: Meeting Families’ Needs
8.7 Going Deeper
9.1 Chapter Reading Guide
9.2 What Children and Families Need to Be Safe
9.3 Macro-Level and Micro-Level Factors Related to Safety
9.4 Freedom from Violence and Abuse
9.5 Family Access to Safety and Stability
9.6 Looking Ahead: Restorative Practices
9.7 Going Deeper
10.1 Chapter Reading Guide
10.2 Food Equity and Families
10.3 The Poverty Line and Food Costs
10.4 Food Habits Begin in Childhood
10.5 Access to Water and Sanitation
10.6 Addressing Equity in Food Production
10.7 Looking Ahead: Vertical Gardens
10.8 Going Deeper
11.1 Chapter Reading Guide
11.2 Justice: An Introduction
11.3 The Intersectionality of Justice
11.4 Treatment, Jail, or Justice?
11.5 Real Laws, Real Families
11.6 Looking Ahead: Immigrant Families
11.7 Going Deeper
12.1 Chapter Reading Guide
12.2 Experience, Expression, and Equity
12.3 Cultural Exposure Can Be Unintentional
12.4 Historical Impact on Today’s Families
12.5 Television, Film, and Video Games
12.6 Beauty, Identity, and Academics
12.7 Looking Ahead: Lin-Manuel Miranda
12.8 Going Deeper
13.1 Chapter Reading Guide
13.2 Education and Employment
13.3 Post-Secondary Education and Families
13.4 Gender, Work, and Family
13.5 Care Work
13.6 Looking Ahead: Laborers Who Are Undocumented
13.7 Going Deeper
14.1 Chapter Reading Guide
14.2 What Do We Mean by “Meaning”?
14.4 Lifespan Development and Creativity
14.5 Indigenous Perspectives on Family, Purpose, and Meaning
14.6 Generational Trauma and Resilience
14.7 Looking Ahead: Deb Haaland and Family Healing
14.8 Going Deeper
About the Publisher
Appendix A: Foundational Theory Table
Appendix B: Comparison of Family Rituals and Family Routines
Appendix C: Psychosocial Lifespan Development Theory
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