The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting

Comprehensive review of the science and practice of parenting in diverse cultural contexts, including policy implications and interventions.

Amanda Sheffield Morris (Edited by), Julia Mendez Smith (Edited by)

9781108813129, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2022

800 pages
24.4 x 16.9 x 3.4 cm, 1.15 kg

'This comprehensive handbook on parenting, grounded in contemporary research and carefully curated and co-edited by two of the field's well-known scholars, will be a terrific asset to scholars and students alike. The book's contributors discuss the basics foundations of good parenting, how parenting changes and varies across stages of the child's development, characteristics of both parents and their children that affect how parenting is expressed, and the policy and practical implications of contemporary parenting science. I recommend it highly.' Laurence Steinberg, Distinguished University Professor, Temple University, USA

Parenting is a critical influence on the development of children across the globe. This handbook brings together scholars with expertise on parenting science and interventions for a comprehensive review of current research. It begins with foundational theories and research topics, followed by sections on parenting children at different ages, factors that affect parenting such as parental mental health or socioeconomic status, and parenting children with different characteristics such as depressed and anxious children or youth who identify as LGBTQ. It concludes with a section on policy implications, as well as prevention and intervention programs that target parenting as a mechanism of change. Global perspectives and the cultural diversity of families are highlighted throughout. Offering in-depth analysis of key topics such as risky adolescent behavior, immigration policy, father engagement, family involvement in education, and balancing childcare and work, this is a vital resource for understanding the most effective policies to support parents in raising healthy children.

Part I. Foundations of Parenting: 1. Foundational theories and the establishment of parenting science research George W. Holden
2. Parenting, Challenges, Brain development and attachment strategies Anne Rifkin-Graboi and Gwendolyn Ngoh
3. Parenting and brain development Caitlin C. Turpyn and Eva H. Telzer
4. Parenting and children's social and emotional development: Emotion socialization across childhood and adolescence Amanda Sheffield Morris, Lixian Cui, Jens E. Jespersen, Michael M. Criss, and Kelly T. Cosgrove
5. Parenting and children's cognitive and language development Allyson Strmiska Masters, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Dani Levine, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
6. Discipline and punishment in child development Jennifer E. Lansford
7. Parenting from a cultural and global perspective: A Review of theoretical models and parenting research in diverse cultural contexts Qing Zhou and Sara Chung
Part II. Parenting Across Development: Social, Emotional and Cognitive Influences: 8. Bolstering the Bond: Policies and programs that support parenatal bonding and the transition to parenting Lara R. Robinson, Helena J. Hutchins, Rachel Hulkower, Kimberly Newsome, Angelika Hartl Claussen, Rebecca H. Bitsko, Russell McCord, and Jennifer W. Kaminski
9. Parenting during infancy and early childhood Esther M. Leerkes, Stephanie H. Parade, and Marta Benito-Gomez
10. Parenting that promotes positive Social, Emotional and Behavioral Development in Middle Childhood Liliana J. Lengua, Stephanie F. Thompson, and Michele R. Smith
11. Parenting adolescents Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Meg O. Jankovich, and Daye Son
12. Parenting during emerging adulthood Larry J. Nelson
Part III. Parental Factors that Impact Parenting: 13. Mental health and parenting Sandra T. Azar and Michelle F. Wright
14. Ethnicity and race as a context for parenting: An examination of academic socialization, cultural socialization, and teachings about discrimination Diane L. Hughes and Trenel E. Francis
15. The role of fathers in caregiving Natasha J. Cabrera, Yu Chen, Avery Hennigar, Angelica Alonso, and Rachel Ghosh
16. Understanding parenting through a family systems lens Carolyn S. Henry
Part IV. Child Factors that Impact Parenting: 17. Parenting children with disabilities Keith Crnic and Laura Winstone
18. Parenting children with externalizing behavior and ADHD George J. DuPaul, Alicia Chunta, and Jae Hyung Ahn
19. Parenting in the context of child anxiety and depression Cynthia Suveg, Kara B. West, and Joanie Wilbanks
20. Parenting LGBTQ children and adolescents W. Roger Mills-Koonce and Marisa E. Marraccini
21. Parenting children with a history of adversity Jennifer Hays-Grudo, Erin L. Ratliff, and Amanda Sheffield Morris
Part V. Parent Education, Intervention and Policy: 22. Parent and family engagement in early education programs Julia Mendez Smith, Doré R. LaForett, Kaitlin Quick, and Rosario Villa
23. Refugee policies and parenting in the United States and Germany Julian Busch and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
24. Parents as earners: What parental work means for parenting and the role of public policy Lisa A. Gennetian and Anna Gassman-Pines
25. Parenting of children involved in the child welfare system Brenda Jones Harden, Tanya Tavassolie, and Shivani Raina
26. Technology and parenting: Challenges and opportunities Edward G. Feil
27. Preventing risk behaviors in adolescence Elizabeth Stormshak, Alyssa Kennedy, Robyn E. Metcalfe, Jordan Matulis, and Yijun Cheng
Index.

Subject Areas: Advice on parenting [VFX], Family psychology [JMF], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]