The second child : family transition and adjustment
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The second child : family transition and adjustment
（New perspectives on family）
Sage Publications, c1990
- : pbk.
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"May 1990."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
The processes by which family members adjust to the birth of a second child are explored in this volume. Interviews with both parents and with toddler first-born children focused on how the birth of the second child affected the relationships between other family members, their roles within the family and their feelings about themselves. A major finding was that while mothers become active parents on the birth of the first child, it is often not until the second child is born that the father shows great interest in family life and assumes a significant part of the responsibility for household and childcare tasks.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
A Systems View of the Family
The Family in Transition
PART TWO: THE METHOD
The Families and Our Methods for Studying Them
PART THREE: THE FINDINGS
Parental Stress and its Mediation Through Support Networks
Parental Redefinition of Roles
The `Who Does What?' Index
Firstborn Adjustment and Parent-Child Relations During the Transition Period
Summary and Discussion
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