Transition to Parenthood: How Infants Change Families

by Ralph LaRossa and Maureen Mulligan Larossa

A sociological study of how the birth of first and second children affects parents. It uses in-depth interviews with 20 couples taken during the third, sixth, and ninth month after the birth of a child, to monitor changes in the marriage, sex-roles, and attitudes of the parents, and to explore the social context in which they occurred. 'The authors point out (and this reviewer readily agrees) that several things make this book unique. First, it is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803915667
• ISBN13: 9780803915664
• Release Date: March 1981
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.