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• About the Author
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Sociological Perspective on Families
• Family Change, Family Continuity
• Family Diversity and Inequality
• Gender
• Race
• Social Class
• Sexuality
• Structures of Inequality
• A Demographic Snapshot of the U.S. Population
• Looking Ahead
• Chapter 2 Defining Family
• The Standard North American Family and the Ideology of Separate Spheres
• Defining Family: Four Approaches
• 1. Family as Structure
• 2. Family as Household
• 3. Family Roles
• 4. Family as Interaction: Doing Family
• Defining Family: A Summary
• How Americans Define Family
• Extended Families
• Diversity and Inequality Among Extended Families
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Defining Families
• Chapter 3 Sociological Methods and Theories in the Study of Families
• Scientific Method
• Micro and Macro Approaches to Studying Families
• Research Methods
• Theoretical Frameworks in the Sociology of Families
• Structural-Functionalism
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Feminist Theories
• Social Exchange Theory
• Life Course Theory
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Methods and Theories
• Chapter 4 Young Adults and the Transition to Adulthood
• Defining the Transition to Adulthood
• Transition to Adulthood in Historical Context
• Transition to Adulthood in the Early 21st Century
• Economic Uncertainty and Higher Education
• Changing Patterns of Family Formation
• Changing Relationships With Parents
• Young Adult Sexuality and Romantic Partnerships
• Dating in Historical Context
• Decline of Dating and the Rise of Hookup Culture
• Sexual Activity
• Hooking Up
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in the Transition to Adulthood
• Chapter 5 Marriage and Cohabitation
• Marriage and Divorce in Historical Context
• Institutional Marriage
• Companionate Marriage
• Individualized Marriage
• Contemporary Coupling
• Cohabitation
• Nonmarital Fertility
• Same-Sex Marriage
• Marriage Markets
• Marriage, Cohabitation, and Education
• Marriage, Cohabitation, and Race and Ethnicity
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Marriage and Cohabitation
• Chapter 6 Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
• Rising––and Declining—Divorce
• Demography of Divorce
• Education
• Race and Ethnicity
• Family of Origin
• Age at Marriage
• Timing of First Birth
• Heterogamy
• Remarriages
• Dissolution of Same-Sex Relationships
• The Process of Uncoupling
• Legal Divorce
• Parental Divorce
• Financial Divorce
• Emotional and Social Divorce
• Relationship Dissolution and Children
• Relationship Dissolution Among Unmarried Parents
• Supporting Children When Parents Break Up
• Economic Support
• Reducing Conflict
• Effective Parenting
• Relationships With Fathers
• Fewer Transitions
• Remarriage and Blended Families
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Divorce and Relationship Dissolution
• Chapter 7 Childhood
• Ideologies of Childhood in the 19th Century
• Diversity in Children’s Lives in the 19th Century
• Socialization and Agency
• Constructing Difference: Race and Gender
• Racial Socialization
• Gender Socialization
• Issues in Contemporary Childhood
• How Children Spend Their Time
• Peer Cultures
• Children With Incarcerated Parents
• Diverging Destinies
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Childhood
• Chapter 8 Parenting
• Parenting in Historical Context
• Fatherhood: Moral Overseer to Breadwinner
• Motherhood: Productivity to Domesticity
• Issues in Contemporary Parenting
• Demographic Patterns in Fertility
• Time With Children
• Parenting as a Gendered Practice
• Mothering
• Fathering
• The Construction of Gendered Parenting
• Parenting Ideologies and Social Class
• Immigrant and Transnational Parenting
• LGBTQ Parenting
• Opting Out of Parenthood
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Parenting
• Chapter 9 Family Work
• Ideology of Separate Spheres
• Defining Care Work
• Empirical Patterns in Employment, Housework, and Childcare
• Women’s Employment Before 1950
• Women’s and Men’s Employment Since 1950
• Housework
• Macro-Level Perspectives on Housework
• Childcare
• Work–Family Conflict and Social Policy
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Work
• Chapter 10 Family Lives of Older Adults
• Defining Old Age
• Demographic Context
• Romantic Relationships Among Older Adults
• Grandparenting
• Grandparents as Caregivers
• Intergenerational Solidarity and Ambivalence
• Intergenerational Exchanges
• Parents Helping Adult Children
• Adult Children Helping Parents
• Ambivalence, Individualism, and Intergenerational Support
• Family Complexity and Aging Families
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in the Family Lives of Older Adults
• Chapter 11 Family Violence
• Violence in American Society
• Defining Violence
• Violence in Families
• Types of Family Violence
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• ACE: Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Intimate Partner Violence
• LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
• Teen Dating Violence
• Elder Abuse
• Policy Responses to Family Violence
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Foster Care
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Policy Responses to Intimate Partner Violence
• Policy Responses to Elder Abuse
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in Family Violence
• Chapter 12 Social Policy and the Future of Families
• Defining Family
• Family Change
• Family Continuity
• Family Diversity, Inequality, and Social Policy
• Housing Policy and Family Inequality
• State Welfare Policy and Family Inequality
• Future of American Families
• Economic Inequality and the Growing Class Divide in Families
• Immigration, Race, Ethnicity, and Family Ties
• Unfinished Revolution in Gender and Sexuality
• Change, Continuity, and Diversity in American Families
• Glossary
• References
• Index