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Extraordinary changes in patterns of family life—and family law—have dramatically altered the boundaries of parenthood and opened up numerous questions and debates. What is parenthood and why does it matter? How should society define, regulate, and support it? Is parenthood separable from marriage—or couplehood—when society seeks to foster children's well-being? What is the better model of parenthood from the perspective of child outcomes? Intense disagreements over the definition and future of marriage often rest upon conflicting convictions about parenthood. This book asks bold and direct qu ... More
Keywords: family life, family law, parenthood, marriage, adoption, donor-created families, gay parents, lesbian parents, transnational parenthood
Print publication date: 2013 | Print ISBN-13: 9780814729151 |
Published to NYU Press Scholarship Online: March 2016 | DOI:10.18574/nyu/9780814729151.001.0001 |
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