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Parenting and child development in "nontraditional" families

The goal of this volume is to discuss--in depth--the ways in which various ""deviations"" from ""traditional"" family styles affect childrearing practices and child development. Each of the contributors illustrates the dynamic developmental processes that characterize parenting and child development in contexts that can be deemed ""nontraditional"" because they do not reflect the demographic characteristics of the traditional families on which social scientists have largely focused. The contributors deal with the dynamics and possible effects of dual-career families, families with unusually in.

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