Supporting children and parents through family changes : Children's Issues Centre, National Seminar proceedings, November 1995 /
edited by Anne B. Smith and Nicola J. Taylor.
- 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Eight papers.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Family Demographic Changes: Good News or Bad News? -- Research on the Effect of Marital Transitions on Children -- The Torn Whariki -- Panel Discussion - Family Members' Perspectives on Family Changes -- The Legal Realities for Children and Families - Part One: 'A Legal Overview' -- The Legal Realities for Children and Families - Part Two: 'Economic and Property Consequences for Children' 'But Mum! I Desperately Need the Reeboks' -- The Legal Realities for Children and Families - Part Three: 'Reaching the Best Agreements for Children and Families' -- Summing Up and Close for the Day -- Trying to Understand and Interpret the Child's Perspective -- Panel Discussion - Child, Parent and Family Support Services -- Seminar Workshops -- Summing Up and Closing Remarks.
How children and families are being affected by the increasingly common family reorganisations resulting from separation, divorce and remarriage was the theme of the seminar. Papers cover law, educational and developmental psychology, social anthropology and demography.
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Families--New Zealand--Congresses Parent and child (Law)--New Zealand--Congresses Children of divorced parents--New Zealand--Congresses Stepfamilies--New Zealand--Congresses Single-parent families--New Zealand--Congresses Divorce--New Zealand Divorce--New Zealand--Congresses Domestic relations--New Zealand Domestic relations--New Zealand--Congresses Family social work Family social work--Congresses