TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laff,Rebecca
AU  - Ruiz,Wendy
ED  - Open Textbook Library
TI  - Child, Family, and Community
T2  - Open textbook library
AV  - HM586 
PB  - Open Textbook Library
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - Chapter 1: Theories That Help Us Understand Families -- Chapter 2: How Children Learn and Understand Their World -- Chapter 3: What is Culture and Why is it Important? -- Chapter 4: How Does Gender Influence Children, Families and Communities? -- Chapter 5: What is a Family? -- Chapter 6: A Closer Look at Parenting -- Chapter 7: Building Trusting Collaborative Relationships with Families -- Chapter 8: Welcoming & Supporting Families -- Chapter 9: Creating Positive Goal-Oriented Relationships with Strengths-Based Attitudes and Relationship-Based Practices
N2  - Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives
UR  - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/800
ER  -