ABSTRACT
This life-course analysis of family development focuses on the social dynamics among family members. It features parent-child relationships in a larger context, by examining the help exchange between kin and nonkin and the intergenerational transmission of family characteristics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Introduction
part II|1 pages
The Organization of Lives: Age, Aging, and Kinship
part III|1 pages
Normative Obligations to Kin
part IV|1 pages
Dimensions of Parent–Child Solidarity
part V|1 pages
Summary