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One undeniable fact about families is that they keep changing, both in terms of structure and behavior. Many factors have served to bring about such changes, including social, cultural, political, and institutional change, resulting in family forms which perhaps may represent the new traditional in the not-so-distant future. Through research studies from around the world, this volume examines these changing structures and behaviors, and attempts to better illustrate the ever-changing nature of families. Topics covered include: transracial adoption, lesbian parenting, intergenerational relationships, procreative identities, ex-spouse relationships, military couples, the meaning of remarriage, and gender roles within contemporary families, among other topics. This volume, along with future volumes of CPFR, utilizes a wide variety of methodological and theoretical approaches, and attempts to provide a comprehensive examination of change in family structures and behaviors.

Families --- Families. --- Research. --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Family research --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Social Science --- Family & Relationships --- Sociology: family & relationships. --- Sociology. --- Sociology --- Marriage & Family. --- Family Relationships.

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This volume focuses on the theme of technology and youth; advancements in communication and leisure technologies over the past decade have radically transformed the role of technology in the lives of youth. Around the globe, children and adolescents are often seen as being the first to embrace new technologies, such as new forms of social media. Having a cell phone, once regarded as an adult technology, has become a necessity within youth culture in many societies. Even video games, once limited to stand-alone computers, have become a venue for social gatherings of youth. The rapid pace of technological advancement has brought about profound changes in the very nature of childhood and adolescence. This volume of examines the role of technology in the lives of children and adolescents. Topics addressed include: cyberbullying, video games and aggressive behavior, online gaming and the development of social skills, sexuality, child pornography, virtual communities for children, social networking and peer relations, and other related issues.

Technology and children. --- Internet and children. --- Digital media. --- Mass media and children. --- Digital electronics. --- Digital circuits --- Digital techniques (Electronics) --- Children and mass media --- Electronic media --- New media (Digital media) --- Children and the Internet --- Internet (Computer network) and children --- Children and technology --- Electronic systems --- Electronics --- Children --- Mass media --- Digital communications --- Online journalism --- Technology --- Social Science --- Family & Relationships --- Age groups: children. --- Age groups: adolescents. --- Sociology: family & relationships. --- Children's Studies. --- Life Stages --- Adolescence. --- School Age.