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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Parent-Child Relationships

Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

1.

understand that philosophies and emphases in child rearing change over the years; that men and women differ in their views as do parents and children; and that cultural and biological differences and life circumstances in children require varying methods as well.

2.

discuss parental roles in meeting children's needs; the importance of parents sharing responsibilities, including paternal involvement in child rearing and the various home environments of children.

3.

identify the basic emotional needs of children.

4.

describe some of the basic considerations in
  • children's needs
  • fostering cognitive and intellectual growth

5.

discuss the following in relation to one-parent families:
  • occurrence
  • unmarried teenage mothers
  • family structure and children's adjustments
  • special problems of the female-headed family
  • special problems of the male-headed family
  • family work
  • effects of paternal absence on sons
  • effects of paternal absence on daughters








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