Family Structure and Socialization

I.    Methodological Issues Studying Family Structure and Childhood Socialization
        A.    Ignoring Children?
        B.    Studying nonprobability clinical samples
        C.    One Family Member Studied
        D.    Confounding Variables
        E.    Cross-sectional Studies Rather than Longitudinal Studies

II.    Changes in Family Structure

        A.    Rapid Decline of Farm Families
        B.    Decline in Family Size
        C.    Rise in Mother's Labor Force Participation
        D.    Rise in Single Parent Households

IV.    Divorced Families
V.    Never Married Single Parent Families (including teenage parents)
VI.    Homosexual Parents

        A.    Does being raised by gay parents harm children developmentally?
        B.    Does being raised by gay parents harm children socially?
        C.    Does being raised by gay parents lead children to be gay?


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