Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Editors -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Framework of Factors Affecting Contemporary Parenting -- 1 Overview of Historical and Political Factors Affecting Parenting Practices -- 2 Overview of Educational Factors Affecting Parenting Practices -- 3 Overview of Economic Factors Affecting Parenting Practices -- 4 Overview of Societal Change Factors Affecting Parenting Practices -- PART II Illustrations of Contemporary Parenting Across the Globe -- 5 Parenting and Culture in Argentina -- 6 Understanding and Contextualizing Parenting in Brazil -- 7 Parenting in Contemporary China: The Dynamics of Interdependence and Independence -- 8 Is There Something like German Parenting? -- 9 Parenting Practices and Culture in Haiti -- 10 Parenting among the Arab Bedouins in the Naqab Desert in Israel -- 11 Parenting in Nigeria: Contemporary Families, Extended Family Systems, and Religious Diversity -- 12 Parenting Beliefs and Practices in Poland -- 13 Parenting and Attachment in Portuguese Families -- 14 Contemporary Families in the Kingdom of Thailand: Where Ancient Buddhist Precepts Meet Modern Society -- 15 Challenges to Parenting and Families in the US Virgin Islands -- Index.