James Comer

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James Comer

• Wrap-around models
• of supportive social/educational partnerships

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A theoretical shift

• Modernism
• Postmodernism

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Modern Family

• Nuclear family model
• Maternal love governing child care
• Domesticity
• Family togetherness
• Parenting as a matter of intuition
• Children as needy and innocent

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Postmodern Family

• Single-parent, two-parent working, remarried,
  adoptive
• Shared parenting governing child care
• Urbanity (flexibility in child care options)
• Individual family member autonomy
• Parenting as learned techniques
• Children as competent