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v Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Linda C. McClain and Daniel Cere Part I: What Is Parenthood? Proposing Two Models 1.Toward an Integrative Account of Parenthood 19 Daniel Cere 2.A Diversity Approach to Parenthood in Family Life and Family Law 41 Linda C. McClain Part II: Institutions: Is Parenthood Separable from Marriage (or Couplehood) When It Comes to Fostering Child Well-Being? 3. Uncoupling Marriage and Parenting 65 Judith Stacey 4.The Anthropological Case for the Integrative Model 85 Peter Wood Part III: Rights: What Rights Are at Stake? How Should the Rights of Adults and Children Shape the Law of Parenthood? 5. Legal Parenthood, Natural and Legal Rights, and the Best Interests of the Child: An Integrative View 105 Don Browning 6. Family Diversity and the Rights of Parenthood 124 David D. Meyer Part IV: Child Outcomes and Forms of Parenthood: Does One Model Produce, on Average, Better Outcomes for Children? For Society? 7.A Case for Integrated Parenthood 147 Margaret F. Brinig 8. Developmental Outcomes for Children Raised by Lesbian and Gay Parents 171 Fiona Tasker vi Contents Part V: Attachment: (How Much) Does Biology Matter? 9. Biological and Psychological Dimensions of Integrative Attachments 193 Terence E. Hébert, Ellen Moss, Daniel Cere, and Hyun Song 10. Parenting Matters: An Attachment Perspective 214 Howard Steele and Miriam Steele Part VI: Gender Equality, Gender Difference, and Parenthood: Are There Gender Differences in Parenting? Should Difference Make a Difference? 11. Gender and Parentage: Family Law’s Equality Project in Our Empirical Age 237 Susan Frelich Appleton 12. Can Parenting Be Equal? Rethinking Equality and Gender Differences in Parenting 257 Andrea Doucet Part VII: Globalization and Parenthood: How Do Family Immigration and Transnational Parenting Shape Parenthood? How Should They Inform Debates over Parenthood? 13.Transnationalism of the Heart: Familyhood across Borders 279 Carola Suárez-Orozco and Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco 14.Transnational Mothering and Models of Parenthood: Ideological and Intergenerational Challenges in Filipina Migrant Families 299 Rhacel Salazar Parreñas Part VIII: Now What? Given Current Indicators, Can the “Toothpaste Go Back in the Tube”? Should It? 15. Of Human Bonding: Integrating the Needs and Desires of Women, Men, and the Children Their Unions Produce 321 Elizabeth Marquardt 16.The Other Side of the Demographic Revolution: Social Policy and Responsible Parenthood 340 June Carbone and Naomi Cahn Epilogue 361 Daniel Cere and Linda C. McClain About the Contributors 373 Index 377 ...

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