Background Advances in medical knowledge have contributed to the increase in the number
of children living with some form of long‐term chronic illness or condition. As a consequence …

Background Work family balance (WFB) is an individual's perception of the fit between work
and family roles. Among employed parents of typically developing children WFB has been …

Young children with disabilities are significantly more likely to live in poverty than their peers
without disabilities. Exposure to poverty creates additional risk of adverse outcomes for …

The work required to raise a child with a chronic illness or disability is above and beyond
that of raising a typical child. This article presents a model, Parenting and Childhood …

Abstract Children, Families and Communities, 4e, looks at the ways in which children,
families and communities influence each other and how different contexts affect them all …

There is a substantial body of literature that explores family adaptation within the context of
childhood disability. However, closer analysis indicates that the primary focus of this …

This article advocates for a new focus in the area parenting science; namely, how parents
help their children cope with and recover from events and conditions that threaten serious …

Parents of children with chronic illness experience multiple stressors associated with their
numerous roles. For parents who are working full time and caring for a child with chronic …

Background Paid employment is increasingly undertaken by mothers as their children age,
with the majority of women being in employment by the time their offspring are adult …

Background Families of children with disabilities experience extra financial strains, and
mothers are frequently unable to participate in paid work because of caregiving obligations …