1. The Demography of Changing Intergenerational Relationships / Janice I. Farkas and Dennis P. Hogan. Commentary: Demographic Influences on Intergenerational Relationships / Peter Uhlenberg. Commentary: Beanpole or Beanstalk? Comments on "The Demography of Changing Intergenerational Relations" / Judith Treas -- 2. Intergenerational Continuity and Change in Rural America / Glen H. Elder, Jr., Laura Rudkin and Rand D. Conger. Commentary: Disruptive Events and the Life Course / John Myles and Susan Morgan. Commentary: Rural Families as a Model for Intergenerational Transmission / Martin Kobli -- 3. Intergenerational Patterns of Providing Care in African-American Families with Teenage Childbearers. Emergent Patterns in an Ethnographic Study / Linda M. Burton. Commentary: Intergenerational Support within African-American Families: Concepts and Methods / Linda M. Chatters and Rukmalie Jayakody. Commentary: Kindred and Kin: The First and Last Source of Support / Christine L. Fry -- 4. Kinship and Individuation: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Intergenerational Relations / Christine L. Fry. Commentary: Culture, Social-Structure, and Intergenerational Role Relationships: General Observations and the Case of Japan / Carmi Schooler. Commentary: Cultural Comparison and Intergenerational Relations / David I. Kertzer -- 5. Perceived Family Environments Across Generations / K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis. Commentary: Generational Shifts in Family Environments: Perceived and Real? / Christopher Hertzog. Commentary: The Life-Course Approach to Perceived Family Environments / John C. Henretta -- 6. The "Intergenerational Stake" Hypothesis Revisited: Parent-Child Differences in Perceptions of Relationships 20 Years Later / Roseann Giarrusso, Michael Stallings and Vern L. Bengtson. Commentary: Wanted: Alternative Theory and Analysis Modes / Alice S. Rossi. Commentary: A Finding in Search of an Interpretation: Discussion of "The Intergenerational Stake" Hypothesis Revisited / Victor W. Marshall. Commentary: A Response to Rossi / Roseann Giarrusso, Matthew Jendian, Du Feng, Bi-Ling Shieh and Vern L. Bengtson -- Afterword: Six Controversies in Current Research on Adult Intergenerational Relationships / Vern L. Bengtson