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The Truth About Cinderella : A Darwinian View of Parental Love (Darwinism Today)
by Martin Daly, Margo Wilson

Paperback - 80 pages (September 1999)
Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300080298 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 7.34 x 4.89
Book Description
Folk tales describing mistreated stepchildren have a solid basis in fact: a child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say the authors of this book. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson apply the perspective of evolutionary psychology to investigate how step-parenthood differs from genetic parenthood and why step-relationships succeed or fail.

"A child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say two scientists in this startling book. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson show that the mistreatment to stepchildren, long a staple of folktales, has a solid basis in fact. Daly and Wilson apply the perspective of evolutionary psychology to investigate why step-parenthood is different from genetic parenthood and why step-relationships succeed or fail."--BOOK JACKET.
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The American Father: Biocultural and Developmental Aspects (Plenum Series in Adult Development and Aging)

By Wade C. MacKey

Hardcover
Plenum Publishing, Aug. 1985
ISBN: 03064533371

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Family-By-Choice : Creating Family in a World of Strangers
by Susan Ahern, Kent G. Bailey (Contributor)
Hardcover - 240 pages (April 1997)
Fairview Pr; ISBN: 0925190926 ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 9.33 x 6.34
Synopsis
Because family type bonds may not be present in their natural families, many people seek family-like relationships with nonrelatives. Researchers Ahern and Bailey investigate how today's individuals, through their neighborhoods, places of work, "cyber families, " and religious communities, create a network of friends they consider family.

Family-by-Choice states that "we have, rooted in our genes, a desperate craving for warm, caring bonds with other people." Because these bonds may not be present in their natural families, people seek family like relationships with nonrelatives. Ahern and Bailey investigate how today's people, through their neighborhoods, places of work, "cyber families," and religious communities, create a network of friends they consider family - their intentional families.
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Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems (Contemporary Legal Education Series)

by Ira Mark Ellman, Paul M. Kutz, & Ann M. Stanton

Hardcover
Michie Butterworth Pub. Dec. 1991
ISBN: 0874737605

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Fathering Behaviors: The Dynamics of the Man-Child Bond (Perspectives in Development Psychology)

By Wade C. Mackey

Hardcover
Plenum Publishing Corp. Aug. 1985
ISBN: 0306418681

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Family Prayer For Family Times: Traditions, Celebrations, & Rituals

by Kathleen D. Chesto

Paperback
Twenty Third Publications, Oct. 95
ISBN: 0896226689

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