Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, rel….

Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society..

What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world ofwork, rather than th….

There is growing consensus that new parents need help--information, advice, practical assistance--and that infants and toddlers need stimulation as w….

The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in bothscholarly and popula….