*CFP* "TRANSITIONS INTO PARENTHOOD: CHILDBEARING, CHILDREARING, AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF PARENTING", CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES IN FAMILY RESEARCH BOOK SERIES

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, an annual series which focuses upon cutting-edge topics in family research around the globe, is seeking manuscript submissions for its 2019 volume. The 2019 volume of CPFR will focus on the theme of "Transitions into Parenthood: Childbearing, Childrearing, and the Changing Nature of Parenting."

Around the globe, the very conceptualization of family is associated with the relationship between a parent and a child. The birth of a child represents both the end of one experience, wherein parents have been preparing for the arrival of the child, and also the beginning of yet another experience, involving the rearing of the child. Entry into parenthood represents a fundamental shift in family structure and family dynamics. Furthermore, this decision to have a child has substantial bearing upon the larger society, particularly in regard to population issues. Quite obviously, the two components of childbearing and childrearing vary considerably across cultures, and over time, and each of these continues to change. 

In order to better understand the transitions into parenthood, this multidisciplinary volume of CPFR will address such topics as: employment and fertility, socioeconomic status and parenting styles, the role of ICTs in the transition into parenthood, childbearing desires versus childbearing outcomes, the social media construction of parenthood, predictors of fertility preferences, the social construction of parenthood through consumption practices, gender differences in childrearing, infertility and fertility clinics, migration and fertility patterns, parental discipline and child outcomes, and non-parental childrearing, among others.

The 2019 volume will be coedited by Rosalina Pisco Costa of the University of Évora (Portugal) and Sampson Lee Blair of The State University of New York (USA).

Manuscripts should be submitted directly to the editors (rosalina@uevora.pt and slblair@buffalo.edu), preferably in MS WORD format. Manuscripts should not exceed approximately 40 double-spaced pages (not including tables, figures, and references).

Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in CPFR. Manuscripts should adhere to the APA format. Manuscripts should represent previously unpublished work. An abstract of 150-200 words should be included at the beginning of each manuscript. All manuscripts will undergo peer review.

The deadline for initial submissions is January 31, 2019.

Media and communication studies scholars are warmly welcome.

Any questions may be directed to the editors at rosalina@uevora.pt and slblair@buffalo.edu.