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Parenting
A Dynamic Perspective

Fourth Edition
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Family Studies | Parenting
September 2024 | 648 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Parenting: A Dynamic Perspective explores the interaction between parents and children as they shape each other over time. George Holden and new co-author Amanda Harrist present the latest research on parenting in an engaging and accessible manner. The updated Fourth Edition addresses contemporary issues, such as media influence, diverse family dynamics, and societal challenges, drawing on interdisciplinary research and perspectives. The text takes a life course perspective, exploring the parent-child relationship from the prenatal and infant period through adulthood through an ecological lens.  Readers will have a deeper understanding of effective parenting in a healthy society and will be equipped to apply knowledge to their own lives.

 
PART ONE. Setting the Stage
 
1. Introduction
 
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Parenting
 
3. Determinants of Parenting
 
PART TWO. PARENTING AND DEVELOPMENT
 
4. Becoming a Parent
 
5. Parenting Infants and Toddlers
 
6. Parenting Preschoolers
 
7. Parenting During the Middle Childhood Years
 
8. Parenting Adolescents
 
Part Three. Parenting Today
 
9. Parenting Adult Children
 
10. Parenting in its Contemporary Forms
 
11. Parents at Risk
 
12. Parenting Across Cultures
 
13. Cultural Diversity in U.S. Parents
 
14. Child Maltreatment: When Parenting Goes Awry
 
15. Parents and Social Policy

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George W. Holden

GEORGE W. HOLDEN, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. He received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After earning his degree in developmental psychology with a minor in social psychology, he was a member of the psychology faculty at the University of Texas for 23 years. While at U.T., he was head of the developmental area from 1990 to 1996 and the Director of the Institute of Human Development and Family Studies from 1995 to 1997. For five years (1999 to 2004) he served as Associate Chair of the Psychology Department. He is... More About Author

Amanda W. Harrist

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