Transitions to Parenthood

Abstract

Contents Trials and Triumphs in the Transition to Parenthood * Another Perspective on the Trials and Triumphs in the Transition to Parenthood * The Value of Children and the Transition to Parenthood * Childbirth in Cross-Cultural Perspective * Dietary Habits in Transition to Parenthood: Dietary Habits Before Pregnancy, During Pregnancy, and in Young Families * Strain in the Transition to Parenthood * Who Does What When Partners Become Parents: Implications for Men, Women, and Marriage * Marital Change Across the Transition to Parenthood * Changes in Parent-Child Relationships With the Birth of the Second Child * Changes in Attitudes, Beliefs, and Expectations Associated With the Transition to Parenthood * The Influence of Kin on the Transition to Parenthood * Disappointment: When Things Go Wrong in the Transition to Parenthood * Transition to Adoptive Parenthood * Normal Parents: Institutions and the Transition to Parenthood * Parenthood and Adult Development * Family Transition to Parenthood: Emerging Concepts for Sexual Health * The Challenge of Working With New Fathers: Implications for Support Providers * And Baby Makes Three: An Examination and Application of Georg Simmel's Socialization of the Spirit Theory