First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Review and overview of developments; Chapter 1 Parenting education and the Social Policy Agenda, Gillian Pugh; Chapter 2 Review of the field: current trends, concepts and issues, Hetty Einzig; Chapter 3 Families and society: change and continuity, Janet Walker; Chapter 4 Parents as key determinants in planning and delivering parenting education and support programmes: an inclusive ideology, Sheila Wolfendale; Themes of parental identity and contexts for parenting; Chapter 5 Being a parent: influences and effects upon parenting from the media, Lucy McCarraher; Chapter 6 Going critical: childhood, parenthood and the labour market, Peter Moss; Chapter 7 The emotional education of parents: attachment theory and emotional literacy, James Park; Relating principles to practice; Chapter 8 Supporting parents through parenting programmes, Bopinder Samra; Chapter 9 Support for parents at significant times of transition, Sonya Hinton; Chapter 10 Parenting education and support: issues in multi-agency collaboration, Peter Jones; Chapter 11 `She wants you to think for yourself, she doesn¿t want to give you the answers all the time¿: parents on parenting education and support, Roger Grimshaw;