Journal article
Extending and Expanding Parenthood: Parental Support to Young Adult Children
Sociology compass, Vol.6(3), pp.256-270
03/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118246
Abstract
Today’s transition to adulthood in the United States is complex and drawn out. Current economic and social conditions favor young workers who have completed post‐secondary education, resulting in many young adults delaying exiting the family home, marriage, and parenthood. The role of parental support (both affective and instrumental) in navigating this period of development is becoming increasingly important and plays a substantial role in reproducing inequality across generations. Informed by the life course perspective, this review provides readers with a basic understanding of what types of support parents provide, when it is expected and received, and finally, how it is related to attainment and the quality of the parent–child relationship throughout young adulthood. We conclude with a discussion of how class differences in intergenerational support intersect with institutional factors to enhance the reproduction of inequality and how the new demands for parental support throughout young adulthood is more than many families can provide.
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- Title
- Extending and Expanding Parenthood: Parental Support to Young Adult Children
- Creators
- Rayna Amber SageMonica Kirkpatrick Johnson
- Publication Details
- Sociology compass, Vol.6(3), pp.256-270
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 15
- Identifiers
- 99900547964001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article