1st Edition

Parents and Children Communicating with Society Managing Relationships Outside of the Home

Edited By Thomas J. Socha, Glen Stamp Copyright 2009
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    The volume opens a new frontier in parent-child communication research as it brings together veteran researchers and newcomers to explore the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family. The chapters herein examine communication processes and problems of parents and children as they interact with childcare, healthcare, education, and youth sports; investigate the unique challenges facing various types of families as they communicate outside the family (e.g., stepfamilies and gay/lesbian/bisexual families); and consider the role of media in family relationships outside of home.

    The primary audiences for the volume includes scholars, researchers and graduate students studying communication in families, children’s communication, communication in personal relationships, organizational communication, group communication, and health communication. It will also be of interest to psychologists who study families, children, and organizations; sociologists who study families, children, and organizations; education researchers; teachers; coaches; family physicians; and family therapists. graduate students It has the potential for use in courses in family communication, family studies, family sociology, and child development.

    Foreword: Anita Vangelisti

    1. A New Frontier for Family Communication Studies: Parent-Child-Societal
    2. Communication

      Thomas J. Socha and Glen H. Stamp

      Section 1: Childcare & Education

    3. Connecting Two Worlds of Childhood: How Do Parents, Childcare
    4. Providers, and Children Communicate?

      Daniel J. Weigel and Sally S. Martin

    5. Kids, Parents, and Organization: Cooperation and Conflict in a Child
    6. Development Center Culture.

      John C. Meyer

    7. The Interface of HOME-work and Low Wage Maternal Employment.
    8. Michelle Miller-Day and Tara McManus

    9. School, Home, and Homework.
    10. Leah Wingard

    11. Commentary: Childcare and Education Relationships
    12. Julie Yingling

       

      Section 2: Health & Wellness

    13. When Your Child is in Crisis: Navigating Medical Needs with Issues of
    14. Privacy Management

      Ashley Duggan and Sandra Petronio

    15. The Role of Communication in Child-Parent-Provider Interaction in a
    16. Children’s Mental Health System of Care.

      Christine S. Davis, Norin Dollard, and Keren S. Vergon

    17. Early Intervention or Early Imposition: A Bona Fide Group Perspective
    18. Analysis of the Parent-Child-Early Intervention Relationship.

      Carol B. Mills and Kasey L Walker

    19. Parent-Talk and Sport Participation: Interaction Between Parents, Children,
    20. and Coaches Regarding Level of Play in Sports.

      Paul Turman, Angela Zimmerman, and Brett Dobesh

    21. Coaching Your Own Child: An Exploration of Dominance and Affiliation
    22. in Parent-Child Communication in the Public Sphere.

      Robert S. Littlefield and Cindy Larson-Casselton

    23. Commentary: Communication and Family Health & Wellness
    24. Relationships

      Gary Kreps

      Section 3: Parent-Child-Society Relationships and Media

    25. Powerful Media Tools: Arming parents with strategies to affect children’s
    26. interactions with commercial interests.

      Erica Weintraub Austin, Stacey J. T. Hust, and Michelle E. Kistler

    27. Finding Adolescents through Cyberspace: Youth Workers, Teenagers, and

    Instant Messaging.

    Peggy Kendall

    15. Response to Family Crisis: Mood Disorders, Supportive Listening, and the

    Telephone Helpline Volunteer.

    Barbara A. Penington and Raymond D. Baus

    16. Commentary: Parent-Child-Societal Relationships and Media

      Jennings Bryant

      Section 4: Evolving Caregiving Roles and Relationships

    17. When the World Comes Home: Examining Internal and External Influences

      on Communication Exchanges between Parents and Their Boomerang

      Children

      Sally Vogl-Bauer

    18. Stepfamilies Interfacing Outside the Home: Barriers to Stepparent/stepchild

      Communication with Educational, Medical, and Legal personnel.

      Amy J. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Craig, Michel M. Haigh, Eileen S.

      Gilchrist, Lindsey T. Lane, and Nakia S. Welch

    19. Interactions Between Gay and Lesbian Foster Parents, the Children Placed

      in their Home, and the Surrounding Community.

      Dennis Grady Patrick and John Palladino

    20. Commentary: Communication and Evolving Caregiving Roles &

    Relationships

    Dawn O. Braithwaite and Jordan Soliz

    Epilogue

    Kathleen M. Galvin

    Biography

    Thomas J. Socha is ODU University Professor and Associate Professor of Communication at Old Dominion University. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Family Communication, and received the NCA’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Distinguished Service in Family Communication. His publications include books, chapters and articles about various facets of family communication.

    Glen H. Stamp is a Professor, Department Chair, and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Ball State University. He has previously published one book (with Thomas J. Socha) on parent-child communication as well as authoring numerous articles and chapters in interpersonal communication and family communication.