The Process of Parenting

Jane Brooks earned her doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley. She worked as a researcher at the Universitys Institute of Human Development, interviewing, testing, and carrying out research on three generations of representative families studied at the Institute. Her publications include articles relating experiences in childhood to psychological health and social maturity in adulthood. She also worked on a research project in the Department of Public Health that resulted in an article describing the behavior problems of six-thousand children including children from four major ethnic groups varying in age from nine to eleven. She has been a lecturer in the department of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, most recently teaching developmental psychology in 2006. She also served for a number of years on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Her primary work, however, has been children and families seeking help with the psychological difficulties of everyday life. She has taught many classes for parents, teachers, and pediatricians to improve childrens well being and functioning. Her background as researcher, teacher, and clinician, as well as mother, enables her to present a wide-ranging and detailed look at the experiences of parenting and ways to help children grow and achieve their potential in life.

Preface Foreword Part I: General Concepts, Goals, and Strategies of ParentingChapter 1: Parenting Is a Process Chapter 2: Seeking GuidanceChapter 3: Cultural Influences on ParentingChapter 4: Nuturing Close Emotional Relationships Chapter 5: Supporting Children's Growth and DevelopmentPart II: Parenting at Developmental StagesChapter 6: Becoming Parents Chapter 7: Parenting Infants: The Years from Birth to TwoChapter 8: Parenting in Early Childhood: The Years from Two to Five Chapter 9: Parenting Elementary School Children Chapter 10: Parenting Early Adolescents Chapter 11: Parenting Late Adolescents Chapter 12: Parenting AdultsPart III: Parenting in Varying Life CircumstancesChapter 13: Working and ParentingChapter 14: Single ParentingChapter 15: Parenting in Complex Family StructuresChapter 16: Parenting in Challenging TimesNotesCreditsIndex