Future Families

Ross D. Parke is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, and past Director of the Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He has authored or co-authored several books on the field, including Fathers and Fatherhood, Throwaway Dads, Child Psychology: A Contemporary Perspective, and Social Development.

Link to review in http://issuu.com/ucriverside/docs/ucr_magazine_winter_2014?e=2768134/6969848"Issuu.com - Winter 2014“The book is best thought of as a stimulus to new conversations about our conception of families and an exploration of the implications of changing family forms for children’s development.” (Society for Research in Child Development, 1 January 2014)

• Preface viAcknowledgments ixAbout the Author xi1 Challenges to the Ideal Family Form 12 Changing Parental Roles: The Sharing and Redistribution of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Families 253 Further Assaults on the “Ideal” Family Form: Divorce, Remarriage, Single Parenthood, and Cohabitation 554 Same-Gender Families: Are Two Mothers or Fathers Good Enough? 845 How Many “Parents” Are Too Many? Insights from the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Front 1116 Many Mothers, Many Fathers, Many Others: Insights from Other Cultures 1417 All about Relatives and Fictive Relatives: Insights from Diverse Ethnic Groups in Our Own Culture (Past and Present) 1608 Multiple Caregivers: Harmful or Helpful for Caregivers Themselves 1919 In Support of Alternative Family Forms: Overcoming the Barriers to Change 209References 243Index 292