Purpose – An important part of the Christmas ritual is the request tradition. Parents ask their children what they … styles of family communication relate to the socialization of children into consumption and Christmas. This exploratory study … would like for Christmas, respond to a child's request or often initiate such Christmas communication exchanges. These …

children choosing self-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. This paper studies the relationship … between children and female self-employment in a country with family friendly policies and a generous welfare system: Sweden … women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …

converged. Family change has not been uniform, however, and the widening gaps in marital status, relationship stability, and …-Oaxaca decompositions of differences in key family outcomes across education groups show that, though individual non-cognitive traits are … percent of differences in these outcomes by family background (measured by mother's education), but this effect disappears …