Curr Res Child Families Parent

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Current Research on Children, Families, and Parenting This seminar explores the science of families and parents in multiple contexts. We will consider questions such as the following: Why and how do we study parenting empirically? How important are parents to children’s development, and what are the implications of growing up in different family types and contexts? Is there a “right” and a “wrong” way to parent children? Does the answer to that question depend on developmental context? We will also examine current research on topics related to parenting and families such as growing up in poverty, fatherhood, coparenting, and parenting styles. The end of the course will focus on how families are affected by social policies, including child protective services and early intervention, designed to support families with young children.