I. Issues
A. Increasing
Diversity in American families
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diversity in values and customs
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diversity in parenting practice
B. What does
this mean for Child Development?
C. Process vs.
Structure
II. Single-Parent
Families
A. Challenges
for single-parent families
B.
Developmental consequences and moderators
C. Implications
for policy and practice
III. Divorce and
Blended Families
A. The process
of divorce: Divorce is accompanied by....
B. Research on
consequences of parental divorce for children
C. Factors
ameliorating the effects of divorce
D. Implications
for policy and practice
IV. Same-sex
families
A. Challenges
for same-sex parents and their children
B. Research on
same-sex parenting
C. Implications
for policy and practice
V. Adoptive families
A. Challenges
for adopted children and adoptive parents
B. Research on
adoption
C. Implications
for policy and practice
VI.
Class Discussion
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