I Some Family Structures.- 1 What Is a Woman's Family: Fluctuations in Definitions, Structure, and Functions.- 2 Single Women.- 3 Foster Families: The Demands and Rewards of Being a Foster Mother.- II Families of Adoption.- 4 Adoption: Coping Constructively with the Social and Psychological Contexts.- 5 Adopting Children from Other Cultures.- III Parenting.- 6 Working Mothers.- 7 Mothers of Exceptional Children.- 8 Mothers of the Retarded.- IV Women with Extraordinary Problems.- 9 On Becoming Empowered.- 10 Mothers Who Abuse Their Children.- 11 Female Offenders.- 12 Battered Women.- 13 Homeless Mentally Ill Women: A Special Population.- V Sexual Issues.- 14 Homosexuality and Parenting.- 15 Transsexualism and Choices.