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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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