Books by Frank F. Furstenberg

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment. The author offers a clear and user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded practical guide to academic life.

This landmark study traces the life histories of approximately 300 teenage mothers and their children over a seventeen-year period. It provides a vivid account of the impact of early childbearing on young mothers and their children. This study will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in teenage pregnancy.

This text argues that despite the upset children experience after parental separation, most adapt successfully provided the mother is secure both financially and psychologically, and conflict between parents is low. The usual casualty of divorce is a declining relationship between father and child.