Concepts of Family
1 Concepts of Family
Introduction to Concepts of Family...3The Family and Its Members...4
Love and the Formations of Family...6
Problems and Strengths of Single-Parent Families...9
Myth of the Perfect Family...12
Single Parents by Sex and Selected Characteristics...16
Married-Couple Family Groups with Stay at Home Parents...18
Households by Type: 1970–2003...21
Family Groups by Type and Selected Characteristics...24
Manassas Changes Definition of Family...26
'Blended Families' and other Euphemisms...31
Introduction to Concepts of Family...3
PRIMARY SOURCES
The Family and its Members
William Aikman, 1870...4
Love and the Formations of Family
Sigmund Freud, 1961...6
Problems and Strengths of Single-Parent Families
Leslie N. Richards and Cynthia J. Schmiege, 1993...9
Myth of the Perfect Family
Edward L. Schor, 2000...12
Single Parents by Sex and Selected Characteristics
Jason Fields, 2004...16
Married-Couple Family Groups With Stay-at-Home Parents
Jason Fields, 2004...18
Households by Type: 1970–2003
Jason Fields, 2004...21
Family Groups by Type and Selected Characteristics
Jason Fields, 2004...24
Manassas Changes Definition of Family
Stephanie McCrummen, 2005...26
'Blended Families' and Other Euphemisms
Anne Karpf, 2006...31
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