Grandparents are often a key source of care provision for their grandchildren, yet they are
sidelined in caregiving research and policy decisions. We conducted a global, systematic …

This article reviews areas of advancement over the past decade in our understanding of
remarriage and stepfamilies and suggests promising new directions for future work …

In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become
increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and …

In this review, we summarize and critically evaluate the major empirical, conceptual, and
theoretical directions that studies of aging families have taken during the first decade of the …

Over the past decade, the linkages between marriage and child well‐being have attracted
the attention of researchers and policy makers alike. Children's living arrangements have …

Data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families (N= 35,938) were used to
examine the relationship between family structure and child well‐being. I extended prior …

This article considers whether the disparate socioeconomic circumstances of families in
which white, black, and Hispanic children grow up account for the racial and ethnic gaps in …

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and
contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an …

Researchers recently pointed to family science as one avenue for better understanding
business families. We submit, however, that leveraging family science will require building …

The issue of whether the social class of grandparents affects grandchildren's socioeconomic
outcomes net of the characteristics of the middle generation is much debated in the social …