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Nelson, Margaret K. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
Popular culture today characterizes middle-class parents as being consumed with anxiety about their children. Drawing on more than 100 consumer reviews of baby monitors published on Epinions.com, the author examines how parents respond to that anxiety. Although Epinions.com reviewers are not representative of the population at large, they do…
Descriptors: Middle Class Culture, Parent Attitudes, Anxiety, Child Safety
Hagestad, Gunhild O.; Snow, Robert B. – 1977
Examined was the transition made by parents to the "empty nest" phase of family development. Two basic hypotheses were tested: children's growing independence and departure from the home does not represent loss for most parents, but rather is experienced as a gain; and men and women appear to experience the transition differently and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Attachment Behavior, Family Life, Family Structure