In the Module, you will learn about ways in which parents “do their jobs” as parents, and differences that may exist in parenting approaches based on demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, social class, and gender. We will also discuss factors that might prevent parents from engaging with their children in ways generally considered to be most beneficial to children. Such factors might include incarceration of parents, unemployment, or poverty. We will briefly discuss a relatively new family configuration, that of the transnational family. These families live across international borders from one another. And finally, we will examine the general well-being of children in the United States.

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