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“lyn craig”

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  • Contemporary Motherhood

    The Impact of Children on Adult Time

    by Lyn Craig ...
    In this timely book Lyn Craig provides the first comprehensive account of how parents divide their time between caring for children, housework, paid work and leisure. Using large-scale quantitative time-use data , the book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of children upon adult time. This research reveals a unique picture of how parenthood affects daily life within households, and how ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Grandparenting Practices Around the World

    Reshaping family

    by Lucie Vidovićová, Lucie Galcanova, Esther CL Goh, Merril Silverstein, Vern Bengston, April L Few-Demo, Megan L Dolbin-MacNab, Ilkka Pietila, Hanna Ojala, Judith E Brown, Myra Hamilton, Lyn Craig, Dovile Vildaite, Yanqiu Rachel Zhou, Jaco Hoffman, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, John Knodel, Karen Glaser, Giorgio Di Gessa, Eloi Ribe, Debora Price, Bruno Arpino, Rachel Margolis ...
    This exciting collection presents an in-depth, up-to-date analysis of the unprecedented phenomenon of increasing numbers of grandparents worldwide, co-existing and interacting for longer periods of time with their grandchildren.The book contains analyses of topics that have so far received relatively little attention, such as transnational grandparenting and gender differences in grandparenting ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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  • Breaking Out II: The Complete Guide to Building a Positive LGBTI Identity

    by Kevin Alderson ...
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  • Family Pride

    What LGBT Families Should Know about Navigating Home, School, and Safety in Their Neighborhoods

    by Michael Shelton ...
    Series Book 8 - Queer Ideas/Queer Action
    An invaluable portrait and roadmap on how to thrive as an LGBT familyThe overwhelming success of Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” YouTube project aimed at queer youth highlighted that despite the progress made in gay rights, LGBT people are still at high risk of being victimized. While the national focus remains on the mistreatment of gay people in schools, the reality is that LGBT families also face ... Read more

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  • Unfinished Business

    Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy

    by Ruth Milkman, Eileen Appelbaum ...
    Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, which began in 2004. Drawing on original data from fieldwork and surveys of employers, workers, and the larger California adult population, Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum analyze in detail the effect of the state's landmark paid family leave on employers ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Biodemography of Fertility in Japan

    by Shoko Konishi, Emi Tamaki, Jun Yoshinaga ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents original data on the proximate determinants of fertility in Japan. Its goal is to disaggregate low fertility levels in Japan into physiological, behavioral, and social components. Further, the book reviews previous studies on the proximate determinants of fertility in Japan, and compares the data to that on other countries.This book is the first to summarize previous research ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Parental Stress and Early Child Development

    Adaptive and Maladaptive Outcomes

    Edited by Kirby Deater-Deckard, Robin Panneton ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book examines the complex impact of parenting stress and the effects of its transmission on young children’s development and well-being (e.g., emotion self-regulation; executive functioning; maltreatment; future parenting practices). It analyzes current findings on acute and chronic psychological and socioeconomic stressors affecting parents, including those associated with poverty and ... Read more

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  • Families and their Relatives

    by Hubert Firth, Forge Firth ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families. Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included in the volumes of The Sociology of Gender and the Family set of The International Library of Sociology set out to ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads

    Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

    by Eric Rosswood ...
    If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad ─ This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10 ... Read more

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  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Couples with Mixed HIV Status: Beyond Positive/Negative

    Edited by Shana D. Hughes, Asha Persson ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This edited volume presents a detailed portrait of couples living with mixed HIV status, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other negative. Readers will come to understand the various and complex ways in which these mixed-status, or serodiscordant couples build a life together within the shadow of HIV-related stigma. Spanning the globe, coverage explores serodiscordance as a negotiated ... Read more

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  • Living Alone

    Globalization, Identity and Belonging

    by Lynn Jamieson, Roona Simpson ...
    Series series Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
    Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD