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3. Jayakody, R. HDFS 315, lecture notes. January-March, 2001

4.  Chamberlain, B. Washington High School, Health department, May 2000.

5.  Breman, S. The family on the threshold of the 21st century: trends and implications.
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6. Berger, R. (1998). The experience and issues of gay stepfamilies. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 29, 93-101.

7. Lynch, J. & Murray, K. (2000). For the love of the children: the coming out process for Lesbian and gay parents and      stepparents. Journal of Homosexuality, 39, 1-21.

8. Martin, A. (1993). The lesbian and gay handbook: Creating and raising our families. New York: HarperCollins.

9. McIntyre, D. (1994). Gay parents and child custody: a struggle under the legal system. Mediation Quarterly, 12, 135-149.

10. Patterson, C. (1992). Children of lesbian and gay parents. Child Development, 63, 1025-1042.

Journal Articles:

11. Baumrind, D. (1991). The influence of parenting style on adolescent competence and substance use.  Journal of Early Adolescence, 11(1), 56-95.

12. Best, D., House, A., Barnard, A., Spicker, B., (1994). Parent-child interactions in France, Germany, and Italy.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 25, 181-193.

13. Darling, N. (1999). Parenting style and its correlates.  ERIC Digest, 99-3, 1-2.

14. Fuligni, A., Tseng, V., & Lam, M. (1999). Attitudes towards family obligations among American adolescents with Asian, Latin American, and European backgrounds.  Child Development, 70, 1030-1040.

15. Herz, L., Gullone, E., (1999). The relationship between self-esteem and parenting style.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30, 742-761.

16. Sprott, J. (1994). One person’s ‘spoiling’ is another’s freedom to become: overcoming ethnocentric views about parental control.  Social Science and Medicine, 38, 1111-1124.

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17. DeLoache, J., & Gottlieb, A. (2000). A World of Babies.  Cambridge Unviersity Press.
 
 

18. Wapner, S. (1993) Parental Development. In J. Demick, K. Bursik & R. Dibiase (Eds),  Parental Development : A Holistic, Developmental Systems-oriented Perspective  (pp3-4).New Jersey: Hillsdale

19. La Rossa, R., & Mulligan La Rossa, M. (1981). Transition to Parenthood. California:  Beverly Hills

20. O’Donnell, Lydia N. (1985). The Unheralded Majority: Contemporary Women as  Mothers. Massachusetts: Lexington.

21. Larsen, J., Bathgate, S., & Freese, L., (2000) Women’s Primary Health Care: Office and  Procedures (2nd ed.) In V. L.

22. Seltzer & W. H. Pearse (Eds.) Preconception  Counseling (63-68).

23. Walzer S. (1998) Thinking about the Baby: Gender and Transitions into Parenthood  Pennsylvania: Philadelphia

24. Youngkin E.Q., & Davis M. S. (1998). Women’s Health: A Primary Care Guide (2nd ed.)  Connecticut: Stamford

25. www.cdc.gov/nchs/ United States Census Bureau: (February 25,26,27)