Family-by-choice

Creating Family in a World of Strangers

• Author(s): Susan Ahern, Kent G. Bailey,
• Publisher: Fairview Press
• Pages: 221
• ISBN_10: 0925190926
  ISBN_13: 9780925190925
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / General , Family & Relationships / Friendship , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... Because family type bonds may not be present in their natural families, many people seek family-like relationships with nonrelatives. Researchers Ahern and Bailey investigate how today's individuals, through their neighborhoods, places of work, "cyber families", and religious communities, create a network of friends they consider family.