Parents and Children Communicating With Society ─ Managing Relationships Outside of Home

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.

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.

Foreword: Anita Vangelisti



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


Communication

Thomas J. Socha and Glen H. Stamp
Section 1: Childcare & Education


Connecting Two Worlds of Childhood: How Do Parents, Childcare


Providers, and Children Communicate?

Daniel J. Weigel and Sally S. Martin


Kids, Parents, and Organization: Cooperation and Conflict in a Child


Development Center Culture.

John C. Meyer


The Interface of HOME-work and Low Wage Maternal Employment.


Michelle Miller-Day and Tara McManus


School, Home, and Homework.


Leah Wingard


Commentary: Childcare and Education Relationships


Julie Yingling

　
Section 2: Health & Wellness


When Your Child is in Crisis: Navigating Medical Needs with Issues of


Privacy Management

Ashley Duggan and Sandra Petronio


The Role of Communication in Child-Parent-Provider Interaction in a


Children’s Mental Health System of Care.

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


Early Intervention or Early Imposition: A Bona Fide Group Perspective


Analysis of the Parent-Child-Early Intervention Relationship.

Carol B. Mills and Kasey L Walker


Parent-Talk and Sport Participation: Interaction Between Parents, Children,


and Coaches Regarding Level of Play in Sports.

Paul Turman, Angela Zimmerman, and Brett Dobesh


Coaching Your Own Child: An Exploration of Dominance and Affiliation


in Parent-Child Communication in the Public Sphere.

Robert S. Littlefield and Cindy Larson-Casselton


Commentary: Communication and Family Health & Wellness


Relationships

Gary Kreps

Section 3: Parent-Child-Society Relationships and Media


Powerful Media Tools: Arming parents with strategies to affect children’s


interactions with commercial interests.

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


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