This new book reviews the latest research from around the world on the roles, bonds and impact of family life. The authors of this book discuss the role of family in the diagnosis, prevention and intervention in mental disorders; cohabitating males in inner-city households; the social and economic problems of multiple partner fertility (MPF); the complex nature of the work-family model; the ethnographic observation of everyday life in Italy; the effects of childhood rearing on substance and behavior addiction among Japanese university students and the connection between adolescent students’ families and their schooling experiences.