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Latecomers : children of parents over 35

Author: Andrew L Yarrow
Publisher: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1991.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew L Yarrow
ISBN: 0029356857 : 9780029356852
OCLC Number: 22347853
Description: x, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: I. Setting the stage --
All but ignored --
The children speak: Two case histories, Robert and Lynn --
Society knows best? Social attitudes toward older parents --
Nothing new: Children of older parents in other times and places --
II. A world of difference --
Feeling different: Signs of age --
A different adult world --
III. By chance or choice --
Family constellations: Varieties of experience --
The baby of the family --
"Accidents" --
Long-awaited children: Onlies and firstborns --
IV. Chldhood themes --
problems and privilege: Two case histories: Tom and Charles --
Parents of another era --
Children of privilege --
Growing up fast? --
Facing mortality --
V. The child as an adult --
Family lives, family responsiblities: Two case histories: Jack and Kathryn --
Youth foreshortened --
Caregiving --
Into the next generation --
Evolving relationshipos and changing perspectives --
VI. Today's older parents and their children --
A new generation of older parents --
Postponed parnthood today: What children of older parents say --
Perspectives
Responsibility: Andrew L. Yarrow.

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