The Process of Parenting 9th Edition by Jane B. Brooks (2012)

The Process of Parenting, Ninth Edition by Jane B. Brooks is the most comprehensive, developmentally grounded, and practically focused parenting textbook available — a rich resource that describes the many ways parents and caregivers can translate their love for children into effective, responsive parenting behavior across all stages of childhood and adolescence. Published by McGraw Hill, this authoritative text is used in parenting, child development, and family studies courses at colleges and universities nationwide.With a strong emphasis on the development process — both in terms of children’s growth and parents’ own growth as complex individuals — the book addresses the changing nature of parent-child relationships over time. Because parents and children are distinct individuals whose needs, personalities, and circumstances vary enormously, the book adopts a problem-solving approach that helps parents arrive at solutions suited to their specific children, family contexts, and life circumstances.The Ninth Edition includes new first-person narrative boxes that bring parenting experiences to life through authentic voices, with greater emphasis on social context and cultural diversity in parenting. New evidence-based parenting programs and expanded coverage of international parenting perspectives reflect the increasingly global and multicultural nature of contemporary family life and parenting research.Key topics include: theories of parenting, attachment and bonding, parenting across the lifespan (infancy through adolescence), cultural and social contexts of parenting, parenting children with special needs, work and family balance, divorced and blended families, and evidence-based parenting interventions. An essential text for child development, family studies, education, social work, and psychology courses addressing parenting and family dynamics.