families

Ten stories trace the connections between four generations of one Louisiana family from 1939 when a young girl leaves school to help support her family to 2006 when an eighty-year-old woman embarks on a book tour.

Provides contemporary and historical information, including statistics, on several aspects of children and their maturation in the U.S., including birth rates and trends, family and living arrangements, child care, health and safety, education, teen sexuality, economics, recreation, and attitudes.

The story of how the wicked curse of the Dollanganger family began, as it follows the lives of Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth and their three children.

A teenage girl struggles to understand her place within her family and in the world.

During the summer of 1920, sixteen-year-old Alison meets the wealthy, glamorous Farraday family who bring excitement into her life and a new appreciation of her own family.

Fourteen-year-old Fern and her family face challenges and hardships when they move to a farm in South Dakota.

After his mother's death, a shy ten-year-old boy must find a place for himself in his grandparents' boisterous Italian family in New York City.

Discusses the nature, importance, and challenges of being part of a family and explains ways to deal with family stress and dysfunction.

Presents statistics on marriage; quality of family life; divorce and separation; children; sexual attitudes, behaviors, and contraceptive use; living arrangements; working women; demographic and economic context; and child care.