Parents in the Spotlight

Prof. Dr. Tanja Betz is a Member of the LOEWE Research Centre for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA) and Professor of Pedagogy with a focus on Childhood Research, Early Childhood and Primary Education, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Prof. em. Dr. Michael-Sebastian Honig is a Professor of Social Work and Member of the Research Group Early Childhood: Education and Care, University of Luxembourg. Prof. em. Dr. Ilona Ostner is a Professor of Political Sociology and Social Policy, University of Goettingen, Germany.

Tanja Betz, Michael-Sebastian Honig, Ilona Ostner: IntroductionParents and parenting: Concepts and recent state of the artMichel Vandenbroeck, Naomi Geens, Freya Geinger, Tineke Shiettecat, Dorien Van Houte, Griet Roets:Parenting newspeakMary Daly: Towards a critical understanding of the concept of parenting and parenting support policiesMichael-Sebastian Honig: Parents and parenting in recent childhood studiesFriedrich Losel, Doris Bender: Parenting and family-oriented programmes for the prevention of child behaviour problems: What the evidence tells usParenting as performance Manuela du Bois-Reymond: Learning (young) parenthoodTanja Betz, Stefanie Bischoff, Laura B. Kayser: Unequal parents' perspectives on education: An empirical investigation of the symbolic power of political models of a good parenthood in Germany Sabine Andresen: Precarity and vulnerability in families with a low socio-economic background: A qualitative studyCarol Vincent, Sarah Neal, Humera Iqbal: Families, friendships and diversityDangerous parenting? Karin Kurz, Sten Becker: Health risk single-mother family? Towards an explanation of their low participation rate in the early health screening programme for children in GermanyLars Alberth. Doris Buhler-Niederberger: The overburdened mother - Social workers' view of the private Heinz Kindler: How to explain 'dangerous parenting' and how to change it? New parenting support and early intervention in European countriesHanna Rettig, Julia Schroder, Maren Zeller: New parenting support and attitudes towards mothersCarolyn Stolberg: Intervention strategies for strengthening early child health: A comparison of implemented programmes to reduce health inequality in Germany, Sweden and the United KingdomRachel Bray, Mary Daly: Necessary compromises? Tensions in the delivery of parenting support in EnglandClaude Martin: What really is new under the spotlight? (Re-)Discovering parents and parenting in FranceMarit Hopman, Trudie Knijn: Happy children in the Netherlands? Positive parenting and the problems to solve Asa Lindqvist, Ilona Ostner: Parenting and parenting support in Sweden and Germany: Converging policy ideas?