Family life in America -- A to Z entries -- Adoption -- Arguments and the family -- Day care -- Death in a family -- Divorce and families -- Elderly parents -- Families, blended -- Families, divided -- Families, racially mixed -- Family rules -- Family, the new -- Family, the traditional -- Family traditions -- Financial management, marital -- Gay parents -- Marriage and the family, changes in -- Media and the family -- Pets and the family -- Religion and the family -- Single-parent families -- Stepparents -- Teenage parents -- Teens in trouble -- Violence and the family.