Families today

Examines adoptive families, citing the history of adoption, trends, and challenges for adopted children.

Explores foster families, discussing the history and types of foster care and the unique challenges foster children face.

Immigrants have both built and enriched the United States. And yet, newcomers do not always feel welcome in their communities. This book explores the past and present of immigration most specifically, the challenges that young people experience when they grow up in a culture very different from the one their parents know. "What is a family?" What used to seem like a simple question has grown ever more complex. The set explores the different types...

Few people have been more strongly impacted by our evolving definitions of family than the LGBT community. Marriage equality has opened up new worlds of opportunity for people who were once shut out of the traditional family structure. This book discusses the many types of LGBT families and shows how being different need not be an impediment to being happy. "What is a family?" What used to seem like a simple question has grown ever more complex....

As improvements have health care have made it possible for more people to live longer, healthier lives, grandparents have become increasingly important to the family structure. This book looks at the various ways that multiple generations can challenge but also enrich a family's life. "What is a family?" What used to seem like a simple question has grown ever more complex. The set explores the different types of family structures that have become...

Whether it's due to divorce, death, or simply choice, increasing numbers of unmarried people are also parents. In fact, about a third of American kids are being raised in single-parent families. From custody issues to visitation to childcare, this book discusses both the good and the bad of growing up in a single-parent household. "What is a family?" What used to seem like a simple question has grown ever more complex. The set explores the different...