Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. Shelley Day Sclater is a Reader in Psycho-Social Studies at the University of East London and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research. Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. IntroductionSHELLEY DAY SCLATER, ANDREW BAINHAM AND MARTIN RICHARDSPART I. DEFINING PARENTHOOD2. Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility: Subtle, Elusive Yet Important DistinctionsANDREW BAINHAM3. A Biomedical Perspective on ParenthoodMARTIN JOHNSON4. Assisted Reproduction and the Legal Definition of ParentageSTUART BRIDGE5. The Welfare Principle and the Rights of ParentsJONATHAN HERRING6. Family or Familiarity?JULIET MITCHELL AND JACK GOODYPART II. NEW ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PARENTING7. Donating Parenthood: Perspectives on Parenthood from Surrogacy and Gamete DonationRACHEL COOK8. Unmarried Fathers and the LawROS PICKFORD9. Lesbian Mother FamiliesSUSAN GOLOMBOK10. Parents: A Children’s PerspectiveALLISON JAMES11. State Intervention and Parental Autonomy in Children’s Cases: Have We Got the Balance Right?BRIDGET LINDLEY12. Youth Crime and Parental ResponsibilityLORAINE GELSTHORPEPART III. PARENTING POST-DIVORCE13. The Parent-Child Relationship in Later Life: the Longer-Term Effects of Parental Divorce and RemarriageWENDY SOLOMOU, MARGARET ELY, CAROL BRAYNE AND FELICIA A. HUPPERT14. Parents and Divorce: Changing Patterns of Public InterventionMAVIS MACLEAN AND MARTIN RICHARDS15. The Psycho-Politics of Post-Divorce ParentingSHELLEY DAY SCLATER AND CANDIDA YATES

It is important to acknowledge the centrality of the central premise of this book. We can no longer assume that there is unanimity on what or who is a parent. 'Family' arrangements continue to diversify and all those involved in working with men, women and children need to be aware of the potential legal, social and psychological ramifications. Brid Featherstone Child and Family Social Work September 2002 Many of the chapters in this book offer new insights into the nature and practices of parenting and others provide useful reviews and syntheses on existing researchthis is a book that will be of interest to students and researchers focusing on the family in the fields of law, sociology and psychology. Felicity Kaganas Social and Legal Studies September 2002

Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. Shelley Day Sclater is a Reader in Psycho-Social Studies at the University of East London and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research. Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. IntroductionSHELLEY DAY SCLATER, ANDREW BAINHAM AND MARTIN RICHARDSPART I. DEFINING PARENTHOOD2. Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility: Subtle, Elusive Yet Important DistinctionsANDREW BAINHAM3. A Biomedical Perspective on ParenthoodMARTIN JOHNSON4. Assisted Reproduction and the Legal Definition of ParentageSTUART BRIDGE5. The Welfare Principle and the Rights of ParentsJONATHAN HERRING6. Family or Familiarity?JULIET MITCHELL AND JACK GOODYPART II. NEW ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PARENTING7. Donating Parenthood: Perspectives on Parenthood from Surrogacy and Gamete DonationRACHEL COOK8. Unmarried Fathers and the LawROS PICKFORD9. Lesbian Mother FamiliesSUSAN GOLOMBOK10. Parents: A Children’s PerspectiveALLISON JAMES11. State Intervention and Parental Autonomy in Children’s Cases: Have We Got the Balance Right?BRIDGET LINDLEY12. Youth Crime and Parental ResponsibilityLORAINE GELSTHORPEPART III. PARENTING POST-DIVORCE13. The Parent-Child Relationship in Later Life: the Longer-Term Effects of Parental Divorce and RemarriageWENDY SOLOMOU, MARGARET ELY, CAROL BRAYNE AND FELICIA A. HUPPERT14. Parents and Divorce: Changing Patterns of Public InterventionMAVIS MACLEAN AND MARTIN RICHARDS15. The Psycho-Politics of Post-Divorce ParentingSHELLEY DAY SCLATER AND CANDIDA YATES

It is important to acknowledge the centrality of the central premise of this book. We can no longer assume that there is unanimity on what or who is a parent. 'Family' arrangements continue to diversify and all those involved in working with men, women and children need to be aware of the potential legal, social and psychological ramifications. Brid Featherstone Child and Family Social Work September 2002 Many of the chapters in this book offer new insights into the nature and practices of parenting and others provide useful reviews and syntheses on existing researchthis is a book that will be of interest to students and researchers focusing on the family in the fields of law, sociology and psychology. Felicity Kaganas Social and Legal Studies September 2002

Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. Shelley Day Sclater is a Reader in Psycho-Social Studies at the University of East London and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research. Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. IntroductionSHELLEY DAY SCLATER, ANDREW BAINHAM AND MARTIN RICHARDSPART I. DEFINING PARENTHOOD2. Parentage, Parenthood and Parental Responsibility: Subtle, Elusive Yet Important DistinctionsANDREW BAINHAM3. A Biomedical Perspective on ParenthoodMARTIN JOHNSON4. Assisted Reproduction and the Legal Definition of ParentageSTUART BRIDGE5. The Welfare Principle and the Rights of ParentsJONATHAN HERRING6. Family or Familiarity?JULIET MITCHELL AND JACK GOODYPART II. NEW ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY PARENTING7. Donating Parenthood: Perspectives on Parenthood from Surrogacy and Gamete DonationRACHEL COOK8. Unmarried Fathers and the LawROS PICKFORD9. Lesbian Mother FamiliesSUSAN GOLOMBOK10. Parents: A Children’s PerspectiveALLISON JAMES11. State Intervention and Parental Autonomy in Children’s Cases: Have We Got the Balance Right?BRIDGET LINDLEY12. Youth Crime and Parental ResponsibilityLORAINE GELSTHORPEPART III. PARENTING POST-DIVORCE13. The Parent-Child Relationship in Later Life: the Longer-Term Effects of Parental Divorce and RemarriageWENDY SOLOMOU, MARGARET ELY, CAROL BRAYNE AND FELICIA A. HUPPERT14. Parents and Divorce: Changing Patterns of Public InterventionMAVIS MACLEAN AND MARTIN RICHARDS15. The Psycho-Politics of Post-Divorce ParentingSHELLEY DAY SCLATER AND CANDIDA YATES

It is important to acknowledge the centrality of the central premise of this book. We can no longer assume that there is unanimity on what or who is a parent. 'Family' arrangements continue to diversify and all those involved in working with men, women and children need to be aware of the potential legal, social and psychological ramifications. Brid Featherstone Child and Family Social Work September 2002 Many of the chapters in this book offer new insights into the nature and practices of parenting and others provide useful reviews and syntheses on existing researchthis is a book that will be of interest to students and researchers focusing on the family in the fields of law, sociology and psychology. Felicity Kaganas Social and Legal Studies September 2002