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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abused Parents -- Adolescence : sexuality -- Adolescents and parental divorce -- Adult children of alcoholics -- Advocating for special needs kids -- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- Attention-seeking behaviors -- Authoritative parenting -- Autism spectrum disorder -- Behavioral family therapy -- Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents -- Birth defects and alcohol -- Birth defects and drug use -- Birth defects and smoking -- Birth order and personality -- Breaking the cycle on not doing to our kids what was done to us -- Breastfeeding -- Bullying -- Child abuse -- Childhood disorders -- Circumcision -- Coparenting -- Coping : chronic illness -- Coping : terminal illness -- Cutting and self-mutiliation -- Dealing with peer pressure -- Dealing with uncertainty -- Death of a child -- Depression in adolescence : an overview -- Eating disorders -- Emotional maturity -- Ending an unhealthy friendship -- Family dynamics -- Family medicine -- Father-child relationship -- Friendship between parens and adult children -- Gender identity -- Gender roles and conflicts -- Genetics and Inheritance -- Gentle parenting -- Grandparents -- Grandparents as caregivers : diversity issues -- Grief in children -- Healthy attachment and bonding -- How to talk to teens about fighting with parents -- Incarcerated parents -- LGBTQ+ adolescents and parental acceptance -- Loss of a friend -- Loss of a parent or guardian -- Masturbation -- Modeling self-care -- Mother-child relationship -- Multiple births -- Nutrition -- Obesity in children and adolescents : healthcare costs -- On being generally consistent -- Pain management in children -- Parental bereavement and grief -- Parental rights and public education -- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) -- Parenting and alcohol misuse -- Parenting and behavioral addictions -- Parenting and substance misuse -- Parenting in the digital age -- Parenting styles -- Passing on traditions -- Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) -- Procrastination -- Racism -- Raising children who value service -- Raising culturally competent children -- Raising resilient children -- Reconnecting with an estranged parent -- Regulating sleep in infancy -- Respecting self and respecting others -- Respecting, supporting, and confronting different parenting styles spouse to spouse -- Romantic breakups -- Same-sex marriage : controversy and legalization -- Schizophrenia in childhood -- Self-confidence -- Sexual harassment : peer harassment in middle and high school -- Sibling maltreatment -- Sibling rivalry -- Social media : psychosocial implications for adolescents -- Stress -- Teaching for culture and the arts -- Teaching personal finance -- Teenage suicide -- "Tiger" parenting -- Tough love -- Twin studies.

This title provides insight on key topics of concern for all parents in today's world. Includes charts and graphs from federal and other sources, glossary, timeline, websites and organizations, bibliography, and subject index.