The "family" has clearly emerged anew in the late 1970s as a central subject for discussion, debate, research and writing in both ...scholarly and popular arenas. Anxiety over whether or not the family as a basic social institution is dying has diminished. In its stead has emerged a fairly broad consensus around the position that the family is "here to stay," but that it certainly is changing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No society can survive without children. The rhetoric that holds children to be our greatest national resource is true, but the re...ality is that we do little to demonstrate any conviction of its truth. Becoming a parent and being a "good," concerned, and attentive parent may be the most significant contribution any adult can make to our society--and ultimately to the gross national product and to the future of the society.... Surely, it is time to acknowledge the contribution parents make in bearing, caring for, and rearing future generations of citizens, workers, and parents--even if they share personally in the rewards of having children. Surely, parenting is a life cycle stage warranting support at its inception and as an ongoing process by a society that needs and wants children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world of ...work, rather than the labor markets and industries responding to the parenting and family needs of their employees.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive socie...ty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is growing consensus that new parents need help--information, advice, practical assistance--and that infants and toddlers ne...ed stimulation as well as care and nurture.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support...--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or the community--are more likely to be overburdened by the demands of their babies and to be unable to respond to them adequately. Parents who experience severe poverty or economic insecurity, who cannot satisfy their own basic needs, are likely to have difficulty in responding to their children's needs.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »