Irrespective of theoretical orientation, families matter. Families are the entity in which children are introduced to words, objects, shapes, and colours. This book is about families and their children, particularly during times of distress.
Key Features
- Exploration of family units experiencing distress due to serious illness, divorce, or abuse.
- Insights into the functions families serve and their impact on children.
- Information drawn from recent scientific investigations.
- Suggestions for treatment and prevention of family-related discomfort.
Additional Information
Families are the people related in a myriad of conventional and unconventional ways that clothe, bathe, and feed their biological and acquired offspring. Influenced by race, ethnicity, income, and education, families relate not only to each other within the unit but to others in the neighbourhood, the community, and beyond. This volume examines what family means today and the circumstances that can make family life painful.
