Concerned with social contexts and culture as they apply to parenting, this volume, the fourth of five on parenting, deals specifically with socially defined groups of parents and social conditions that promote variations in parenting. The volume consists of the following 15 chapters: (1) "Ethnic and Minority Parenting" (Cynthia Garcia Coll and Lee M. Pachter); (2) "Parenting among Latino Families in the U.S." (Robin Harwood, Birgit Leyendecker, Vivian Carlson, Marysol Asencio, and Amy Miller); (3) "African American Parenting" (Harriette P. McAdoo); (4) "Parenting of Asians" (Ruth Chao and Vivian Tseng); (5) "Parents in Poverty" (Katherine A. Magnuson and Greg J. Duncan); (6) "Parenting and Social Networks" (Moncrieff Cochran and Starr Niego); (7) "Parenting Competence" (Douglas M. Teti and Margo A. Candelaria); (8) "Maternal Deprivation" (Michael Rutter); (9)"Marital Relationships and Parenting" (John H. Grych); (10) "Marital Conflict, Repair, and Parenting" (Beverly J. Wilson and John M. Gottman); (11) "Parenting with a Sensory or Physical Disability" (Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans); (12) "Parental Psychopathology" (Carolyn Zahn-Waxler), Sunita Duggal, and Reut Gruber); (13) "Substance Abuse and Parenting" (Linda C. Mayes and Sean D. Truman); (14) "Parenting and Child Maltreatment" (Sandra T. Azar); and (15) "Parent Education" (Camille Smith, Ruth Perou, and Catherine Lesesne). Author and subject indexes are also included. All chapters contain references. (HTH)