"Smooth Sailing" enhances our understanding of the family’ s transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships and social contexts. This volume follows the same 60 families described in the authors’ first book, "Becoming a Family, "and now, six years later, relates their stories" "about their transition from childhood to adolescence. Collectively, the two books provide a unique longitudinal perspective on family development using two distinct data collection formats and time frames....

"Smooth Sailing" enhances our understanding of the family’ s transition through adolescence by examining qualitative data about the experiences of parents and teens across multiple relationships and social contexts. This volume follows the same 60 families described in the authors’ first book, "Becoming a Family, "and now, six years later, relates their stories" "about their transition from childhood to adolescence. Collectively, the two books provide a unique longitudinal perspective on family development using two distinct data collection formats and time frames....