Review "...well-written and accessible to a wide readership. It contributes to the literature on welfare policies, gender and caregiving, and comparative welfare regimes. The volume is a great resource for welfare scholars and policy makers, as well as for activists for gender equality." Journal of Marriage and Family"[W]hat these researchers explored and some of the conclusions they reported can only be described as courageous. Many of their findings go against the prevailing sociologic tide..." Metapsychology Read more Book Description This book casts doubt on much of the conventional wisdom about family decline during the last decades of the 20th century. The authors, drawing from the longest-running longitudinal study of families in the world, compare the influence of parents on the Baby Boomer generation with that of Baby-Boomer parents on their own Generation-X children. They find that parents are no less important in shaping the life orientations and achievements of youth than they were a generation ago, despite changes affecting families, such as higher rates of divorce and maternal employment. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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