Summary
Contents
Subject index
Relevant, focused and accessible this book will provide students with an indispensible guide to the central concepts of family studies.
Parenthood/Parents/Parenting
Parenthood/Parents/Parenting
Definition
Parenthood concerns the processes of identification of individual adults (parents) who are considered to have particular connections with individual children, with associated expectations for their care (parenting) and social positioning. As a term, parenthood is gender neutral.
Discussion
Concepts centred on the reproduction and care of infants and young people point to a cluster of terms around categories of people, institutionalized social forms, and activities in relation to children. Parent refers to a particular status, or category of person, of indeterminate gender, who is identified as standing in a special relationship with an individual child or related children. This term may also extend to expectations of performing a particular role as a parent. Parenthood refers to how this category or role is institutionalized as a social ...
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