Includes bibliographical references and index.

Parenting is a process -- Cultural influences on parenting -- Learning to parent -- Becoming parents -- Nurturing close family relationships in a technological society -- Supporting children's growth and development -- Parenting children from birth to two years -- Parenting children in early childhood -- Parenting early elementary school children -- Parenting early adolescents -- Parenting late adolescents and young adults -- Working and parenting -- Parents by adoption and parents by reproductive technology -- Parenting when unmarried -- Parenting in divorced families and remarried families -- Parenting in lesbian and gay families -- Parenting in challenging times.