Parenting in the Zombie Apocalypse: The Psychology of Raising Children in a Time of Horror

by Steven J. Kirsh

Overview

Parenting is difficult under the best of circumstances--but extremely daunting when humanity faces cataclysmic annihilation. When the dead rise, hardship, violence and the ever-present threat of flesh-eating zombies will adversely affect parents and children alike.

  Depending on their age, children will have little chance of surviving a single encounter with the undead, let alone the unending peril of the Zombie Apocalypse. The key to their survival--and thus the survival of the species--will be the caregiving they receive.

  Drawing on psychological theory and real-world research on developmental status, grief, trauma, mental illness, and child-rearing in stressful environments, this book critically examines factors influencing parenting, and the likely outcomes of different caregiving techniques in the hypothetical landscape of the living dead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476636535
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	05/17/2019
Series:	Contributions to Zombie Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	271
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Steven J. Kirsh is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. He teaches courses on child development, introductory psychology, media psychology, and research methods. He has penned two academic books in the field of developmental media psychology and coauthored a third textbook on applied psychology.
Steven J. Kirsh is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. He teaches courses on child development, introductory psychology, media psychology, and research methods. He has penned two academic books in the field of developmental media psychology and coauthored a third textbook on applied psychology.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Section One: On Zombies
 1. Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse
 2. A Zombie Primer
Section Two: The Nature of Childhood and Parenting
 3. The Destruction of Childhood
 4. Maternal and Infant Mortality
 5. Why Parent?
Section Three: The Determinants of Parenting
 6. Characteristics of the Parent
 7. Characteristics of the Child
 8. Contextual Sources of Stress and Support
Section Four: ­Parent-Child Relationships
 9. Attachment
10. Parenting Styles
Section Five: Moving Past the Horror
11. Parenting and Grief
12. ­Post-Apocalyptic Resilience
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index