Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement 

About: Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Feminism & Agency (sociology). It has an ISSN identifier of 1913-9330. Over the lifetime, 710 publications have been published receiving 4807 citations.

The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School

Abstract: Contents: Series Foreword: Monograhs in Parenting. Part I: Introduction and Method. P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, J.C. Ablow, V.K. Johnson, J.R. Measelle, Family Factors in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School: Introducing a Five-Domain Contextual Model. P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, J.C. Ablow, V.K. Johnson, J.R. Measelle, Recruitment, Design, and Measures. Part II: Things Change Yet Stay the Same. P.A. Cowan, G. Heming, How Children and Parents Fare During the Transition to School. Part III: The Family Context of Parenting. J.F. Mattanah, Authoritative Parenting and the Encouragement of Children's Autonomy. J. Hsu, Marital Quality, Sex-Typed Parenting, and Girls' and Boys' Expression of Problem Behaviors. J.R. Measelle, Children's Self-Perceptions as a Link Between Family Relationship Quality and Social Adaptation to School. J.C. Ablow, When Parents Conflict or Disengage: Children's Perceptions of Parents' Marital Distress Predict School Adaptation. P.A. Cowan, I. Bradburn, C.P. Cowan, Parents' Working Models of Attachment: The Intergenerational Context of Parenting and Children's Adaptation to School. M.S. Schulz, Parents' Work Experiences and Children's Adaptation to School. V.K. Johnson, Family Process and Family Structure in Children's Adaptation to School. Part IV: Interventions as Tests of Casual Models of Family Influence on Children's Adaptation to School. C.P. Cowan, P.A. Cowan, G. Heming, Two Variations of a Preventive Intervention for Couples: Effects on Parents and Children During the Transition to School. Part V: Integrations. P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, Five-Domain Models: Putting It All Together. P.A. Cowan, C.P. Cowan, J.C. Ablow, V.K. Johnson, J.R. Measelle, Family Factors in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School: A Discussion and Integration.

At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States

Abstract: site), paid maternity and paternityleaves, job sharing, and family-friendlywork environments, we're never going to have enough time. So our advice to YOU is to grab the moments you can for personal pleasure. And seize every possible opportunity to agitate for social change\" (249-250). Other chapters explore topics such as building self-esteem, becoming a mother, sexuality as a parent, and raising sexually healthy children. The list of parenting resources at the back of the book are invaluable I wish I'd had them at my fingertips earlier. In fact, the lists contain many addresses, websites, and telephone numbers I will pass on to my students. The list of research organizations will provide the basis for essays and reports, and the list ofhotline numbers listed will be useful for students, as well. In fact, this book will help raise the consciousness of all readers.