raising children in a diverse society

a person having children with more than one partner

1. parenting role conflicts with working role and employers place work demands first

2. Parents raise their children in a pluralistic society characterized by diverse conflicting values

emphasis on how parents influence their children can lead us to fee anxious about our performance as parents

parents find themselves sandwhiched between simutaneously caring for children and elderly parents

community appreciation for and assistance to parents has diminished over the past fifty years

todays parents are given full responsibility for successfully raising "good" children but their authority is often questioned

stress that parents experience from job demands, financial worries, race/ethinical discrimination etc. cause parental frustration, anger, depression, increasing the likelihood of household conflict

assuming with self sacrifice when necessary major emotional responsibility for the safety and upbringing of her children

mothers adopt or conceive using donor sperm and artificial insemination, purosefully concieve and intend to raise their children w/o a partner

nonbiological fathers in the role of fathers such as stepfathers