Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theoretical Orientation -- Intended Audiences -- Volume Contents -- Historical Perspective -- Part I: The Parent-Child Relationship and Development Over the Life Cycle -- Chapter 1: The Relationship Between Parents and Their Small Children -- Personality Defined -- Origins of Personality -- The Effect of Personality on the Parent-Child Relationship -- The Role of Sociodemographic Characteristics -- Young Matemal Age -- Poverty -- Quality of the Parents' Relationship -- Conclusion
Chapter 2: The Relationship Between Parents and School-Age Children -- The Role of Day Care -- The Impact of School -- Mass Media -- Television Violence -- Television and School Achievement -- Effect on the Parent-Child Relationship -- The Interactional Perspective -- Resilient Children -- Gender of Child and Parent -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Parent-Adolescent Relationship -- The Nature of Adolescence -- Parenting Practices and Patterns -- Origins of Parenting Practices -- Parental Adaptation to Children -- Genetic Influences on Parenting Styles -- Environmental Influences
Parent-Adolescent Conflict -- The History of Parental Influence -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Relationship Between Parents and Adult Children -- Changing Young Adulthood: A Demographic Perspective -- The Parent-Young Adult Relationship -- Continuity in the Parent-Child Relationship -- The Role of Personality Stability -- The Parent-Middle-Age Child Relationship -- Exchange with Aging Parents -- Adult Children as Caregivers -- Aging Parents as a Source of Help -- Elder Abuse by Children -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Contexts of Development and of the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 5: The Parent-Child-Sibling Context -- The Younger Sibling's Arrival -- Child and Adolescent Sibling Relationships -- Adult Sibling Relationships -- Differential Parental Treatment -- Developmental Impact of Differential Treatment -- Additional Research Questions -- Helpful Sibling Relationships -- The Impact of Siblings' Shared Friends -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Parent-Child-Peer Context -- Peers and the Acquisition of Social Skills: A Critique -- Youth Cultures -- Parents' Role in Children's Peer Interactions -- A Study of Peer Abuse
The Effect of Peers on the Parent-Child Relationship -- Parental Concerns About Peers -- The Interface Between Parents and the Peer-Sibling Dynamics -- Parents, Peers, and Neighborhoods -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: The Parent-Child-School Context -- Schools and Families -- Early School -- Family Routine and Organization -- School Personnel -- Parental Involvement and Resources -- Minority Families -- Schools and Neighborhoods -- Curriculum -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Parent-Child-Professional Context -- Professional Authority Over Parents -- The ""Schizophrenogenic"" Mother
