Table of Contents

Introducation: Theorizing Childhood and Family Change 1. Children's Changing Families and Circumstances: Increasing Diversification and Inequality? 2. Children's Perspectives on Middle Class Work-Family Arrangements 3. Changing Labour Markets and Changing Families 4. Father Presence in Child Care 5. Children's Experiences of their Parents' Divorce 6. Children Coping with Parental Divorce: What Helps, What Hurts? 7. As Fair as it Can be? Childhood After Divorce 8. Children's Stories - As Told and Between the Lines: Children and Fathers in Parental Break-up 9. For Children's Sake: Symbolic Power Lost? 10. Childhood and Family Time: A Historically Changing Relationship Afterword: Changing Childhood - A Case Study

About the Author

An-Magritt Jensen, Lorna McKee

Reviews

'The book gathers together important and interesting research that illuminates the often marginalized perspective of the child ... [it] contributes valuable knowledge and will be of particular interest to academics in the field of family and child studies, as well as a range of practitioners.' - European Journal of Population'This book provides a compelling, coherent and well-structured examination of the changes in relationships and ideologies concerning the position of children in the family. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of family change, with detailed descriptions and analyses that are contextually rich being interwoven with social, historical and cultural dimensions.' - Children & Society