Parenting and Families

This book offers a broader, more positive picture of African American fathers. Featuring case studies of African-descended fathers, this edited volume brings to life the achievements and challenges of being black fathers in America...

This book describes losses children and youth experience and demonstrates how to hear the story of what these losses mean to them._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Children's Spirituality...

After decades of focusing on the mother's role in parenting, family studies researchers have turned their attention to the role of the father in parenting and family development. This volume focuses on ways of measuring the efficacy of father involvement..

This is the first book that addresses how couples in different cultural contexts cope with stress and how cultural factors affect dyadic coping...

This classic volume provides a solid foundation for thinking about creative ways in which our society can work to prevent or minimize destructive couple conflict and enhance couples' abilities to constructively handle their differences...

First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book explores the family-centred practices and systems factors which influence families’ experiences raising children with complex needs. It also considers the ways in which professionals can work with families to build and support parent and child competence. Conceptual and practical work from..

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of evidence-based relationship and marriage education programs. Readers are introduced to the best practices for designing, implementing, & evaluating effective programs so as to teach individuals and couples how to have h..

The objective of this special issue is to illustrate some of the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects involved in the evidence-based evaluation of family educational programs aimed at supporting positive parenting. The main novelty that this special issue brings is the compilation of st..

This book examines ways to enhance evidence-based policymaking, striking a balance between theory and practice. The attention to theory builds a greater understanding of why miscommunication and mistrust occur. Until we better appreciate the forces that divide researchers and policymakers, we cannot..

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...